Sorry, it was because i was running it by hand for this email and did not set RAILS_ENV
It fails with different error when I set RAILS_ENV to production Libor $ bundle exec rake db:migrate --trace fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git Attention: used pure ruby version of MurmurHash3 ** Invoke db:migrate (first_time) ** Invoke db:load_config (first_time) ** Invoke environment (first_time) ** Execute environment /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:38: warning: already initialized constant Gitlab::COM_URL /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:38: warning: previous definition of COM_URL was here /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:39: warning: already initialized constant Gitlab::APP_DIRS_PATTERN /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:39: warning: previous definition of APP_DIRS_PATTERN was here /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:40: warning: already initialized constant Gitlab::SUBDOMAIN_REGEX /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:40: warning: previous definition of SUBDOMAIN_REGEX was here /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:41: warning: already initialized constant Gitlab::VERSION /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:41: warning: previous definition of VERSION was here /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:42: warning: already initialized constant Gitlab::INSTALLATION_TYPE /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:42: warning: previous definition of INSTALLATION_TYPE was here /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:43: warning: already initialized constant Gitlab::HTTP_PROXY_ENV_VARS /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:43: warning: previous definition of HTTP_PROXY_ENV_VARS was here /usr/share/gitlab/config/initializers/2_app.rb:6: warning: already initialized constant Gitlab::VERSION /usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab.rb:41: warning: previous definition of VERSION was here rake aborted! NoMethodError: undefined method `rails5?' for Gitlab:Module /usr/share/gitlab/config/initializers/mysql_set_length_for_binary_index es.rb:27:in `<top (required)>' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/activesupport- 5.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:285:in `load' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/activesupport- 5.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:285:in `block in load' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/activesupport- 5.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:257:in `load_dependency' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/activesupport- 5.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:285:in `load' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/engine.rb:657:in `block in load_config_initializer' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/activesupport- 5.2.3/lib/active_support/notifications.rb:170:in `instrument' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/engine.rb:656:in `load_config_initializer' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/engine.rb:614:in `block (2 levels) in <class:Engine>' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/engine.rb:613:in `each' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/engine.rb:613:in `block in <class:Engine>' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:in `instance_exec' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/initializable.rb:32:in `run' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/initializable.rb:61:in `block in run_initializers' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:228:in `block in tsort_each' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:350:in `block (2 levels) in each_strongly_connected_component' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:422:in `block (2 levels) in each_strongly_connected_component_from' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:431:in `each_strongly_connected_component_from' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:421:in `block in each_strongly_connected_component_from' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/initializable.rb:50:in `each' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/initializable.rb:50:in `tsort_each_child' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:415:in `call' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:415:in `each_strongly_connected_component_from' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:349:in `block in each_strongly_connected_component' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:347:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:347:in `call' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:347:in `each_strongly_connected_component' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:226:in `tsort_each' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/tsort.rb:205:in `tsort_each' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/initializable.rb:60:in `run_initializers' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/application.rb:361:in `initialize!' /usr/share/gitlab/config/environment.rb:6:in `<top (required)>' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/activesupport- 5.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:291:in `require' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/activesupport- 5.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:291:in `block in require' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/activesupport- 5.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:257:in `load_dependency' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/activesupport- 5.2.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:291:in `require' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/application.rb:337:in `require_environment!' /usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/railties- 5.2.3/lib/rails/application.rb:520:in `block in run_tasks_blocks' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:273:in `block in execute' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:273:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:273:in `execute' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:214:in `block in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/monitor.rb:235:in `mon_synchronize' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:194:in `invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:238:in `block in invoke_prerequisites' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:236:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:236:in `invoke_prerequisites' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:213:in `block in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/monitor.rb:235:in `mon_synchronize' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:194:in `invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:238:in `block in invoke_prerequisites' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:236:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:236:in `invoke_prerequisites' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:213:in `block in invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/monitor.rb:235:in `mon_synchronize' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:194:in `invoke_with_call_chain' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/task.rb:183:in `invoke' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/application.rb:160:in `invoke_task' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/application.rb:116:in `block (2 levels) in top_level' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/application.rb:116:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/application.rb:116:in `block in top_level' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/application.rb:125:in `run_with_threads' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/application.rb:110:in `top_level' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/application.rb:83:in `block in run' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/application.rb:186:in `standard_exception_handling' /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/rake/application.rb:80:in `run' /usr/bin/rake:27:in `<main>' Tasks: TOP => db:migrate => db:load_config => environment
