Extend rails-settings-cached to merge db-saved hash values with defaults

app/models/setting.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,26 @@ class Setting < RailsSettings::Base
   end
 
   class << self
+
+    def [](key)
+      return super(key) unless rails_initialized?
+      
+      val = Rails.cache.fetch(cache_key(key, @object)) do
+        db_val = object(key)
+
+        if db_val
+          default_value = default_settings[key]
+
+          return default_value.with_indifferent_access.merge!(db_val.value) if default_value.is_a?(Hash)
+          db_val.value
+        else
+          default_settings[key]
+        end
+      end
+      
+      val
+    end
+
     def all_as_records
       vars    = thing_scoped
       records = vars.map { |r| [r.var, r] }.to_h

app/models/user.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class User < ApplicationRecord
-  include RailsSettings::Extend
+  include Settings::Extend
 
   devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable, :confirmable