From 0fd167a41d1c6aeec24994d2fcf4eaf3c8b87ea7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Feng <raymond@strongloop.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 23:11:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use DEBUG or NODE_DEBUG env to override the debug flag

---
 lib/datasource.js | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/datasource.js b/lib/datasource.js
index 3a58e935..1049ec51 100644
--- a/lib/datasource.js
+++ b/lib/datasource.js
@@ -176,7 +176,14 @@ DataSource.prototype.setup = function(name, settings) {
     
     // just save everything we get
     this.name = name;
-    this.settings = settings;
+    this.settings = settings || {};
+
+    // Check the debug env settings
+    var debugEnv = process.env.DEBUG || process.env.NODE_DEBUG || '';
+    var debugModules = debugEnv.split(/[\s,]+/);
+    if(debugModules.indexOf('loopback') !== -1) {
+        this.settings.debug = true;
+    }
 
     // Disconnected by default
     this.connected = false;