Fixed #26190 -- Returned handle() result from call_command

Thanks Tim Graham for the review.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/django/core/management/base.py b/django/core/management/base.py
index ce9ba0be48..9434691ccb 100644
--- a/django/core/management/base.py
+++ b/django/core/management/base.py
@@ -348,18 +348,17 @@ class BaseCommand(object):
             output = self.handle(*args, **options)
             if output:
                 if self.output_transaction:
-                    # This needs to be imported here, because it relies on
-                    # settings.
-                    from django.db import connections, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
                     connection = connections[options.get('database', DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS)]
-                    if connection.ops.start_transaction_sql():
-                        self.stdout.write(self.style.SQL_KEYWORD(connection.ops.start_transaction_sql()))
+                    output = '%s\n%s\n%s' % (
+                        self.style.SQL_KEYWORD(connection.ops.start_transaction_sql()),
+                        output,
+                        self.style.SQL_KEYWORD(connection.ops.end_transaction_sql()),
+                    )
                 self.stdout.write(output)
-                if self.output_transaction:
-                    self.stdout.write('\n' + self.style.SQL_KEYWORD(connection.ops.end_transaction_sql()))
         finally:
             if saved_locale is not None:
                 translation.activate(saved_locale)
+        return output
 
     def check(self, app_configs=None, tags=None, display_num_errors=False,
               include_deployment_checks=False, fail_level=checks.ERROR):