1 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/sha_attribute.rb b/app/models/concerns/sha_attribute.rb
index 703a72c355c..3340dc96e9f 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/sha_attribute.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/sha_attribute.rb
@@ -4,18 +4,33 @@ module ShaAttribute
   module ClassMethods
     def sha_attribute(name)
       return if ENV['STATIC_VERIFICATION']
-      return unless table_exists?
+
+      validate_binary_column_exists!(name) unless Rails.env.production?
+
+      attribute(name, Gitlab::Database::ShaAttribute.new)
+    end
+
+    # This only gets executed in non-production environments as an additional check to ensure
+    # the column is the correct type.  In production it should behave like any other attribute.
+    # See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee/merge_requests/5502 for more discussion
+    def validate_binary_column_exists!(name)
+      unless table_exists?
+        warn "WARNING: sha_attribute #{name.inspect} is invalid since the table doesn't exist - you may need to run database migrations"
+        return
+      end
 
       column = columns.find { |c| c.name == name.to_s }
 
-      # In case the table doesn't exist we won't be able to find the column,
-      # thus we will only check the type if the column is present.
-      if column && column.type != :binary
-        raise ArgumentError,
-          "sha_attribute #{name.inspect} is invalid since the column type is not :binary"
+      unless column
+        raise ArgumentError.new("sha_attribute #{name.inspect} is invalid since the column doesn't exist")
       end
 
-      attribute(name, Gitlab::Database::ShaAttribute.new)
+      unless column.type == :binary
+        raise ArgumentError.new("sha_attribute #{name.inspect} is invalid since the column type is not :binary")
+      end
+    rescue => error
+      Gitlab::AppLogger.error "ShaAttribute initialization: #{error.message}"
+      raise
     end
   end
 end