Deprecate environment as an argument for dbconsole and console

People should rather rely on the `-e` or `--environment` options to
specify in which environment they want to work. This will allow us
to specify the connection to pick as a regular argument in the future.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/command/environment_argument.rb b/railties/lib/rails/command/environment_argument.rb
index 05eac34155..3469463db5 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/command/environment_argument.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/command/environment_argument.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ module Rails
         def extract_environment_option_from_argument
           if environment
             self.options = options.merge(environment: acceptable_environment(environment))
+
+            ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn "Passing the environment's name as a " \
+                                            "regular argument is deprecated and "  \
+                                            "will be removed in the next Rails "   \
+                                            "version. Please, use the -e option "  \
+                                            "instead."
           elsif !options[:environment]
             self.options = options.merge(environment: Rails::Command.environment)
           end