From ec3d80049226d208f661baa752916753a4cf7f5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Lalonde <neillalonde@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 12:30:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add option to force DirectoryItem.refresh_period! to run even
 if user directory is disabled

---
 app/models/directory_item.rb | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/models/directory_item.rb b/app/models/directory_item.rb
index 4014f4d9c4d..ad82c2a6ed2 100644
--- a/app/models/directory_item.rb
+++ b/app/models/directory_item.rb
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ class DirectoryItem < ActiveRecord::Base
     period_types.each_key { |p| refresh_period!(p) }
   end
 
-  def self.refresh_period!(period_type)
+  def self.refresh_period!(period_type, force: false)
 
     # Don't calculate it if the user directory is disabled
-    return unless SiteSetting.enable_user_directory?
+    return unless SiteSetting.enable_user_directory? || force
 
     since =
       case period_type