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| author | Andrew Godwin <andrew@aeracode.org> | 2013-06-07 11:15:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Andrew Godwin <andrew@aeracode.org> | 2013-06-07 11:15:34 +0100 |
| commit | 3c296382b8dea5de7f4e1e11b66bd7cecaf2ee51 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ca12593be82971691ffca01a836d00d3fcb3bd4 /docs/internals/contributing/writing-code | |
| parent | 7609e0b42e0014a6ad0adf9dafc7018cb268070e (diff) | |
| parent | 357d62d9f2972bf1bc21e5835c12c849143e06af (diff) | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'core/master' into schema-alteration
Conflicts:
django/db/models/fields/related.py
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/internals/contributing/writing-code')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt | 20 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt index f56bf1cdeb..0737b84888 100644 --- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt +++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt @@ -27,15 +27,13 @@ Quickstart Running the tests requires a Django settings module that defines the databases to use. To make it easy to get started, Django provides a sample settings module that uses the SQLite database. To run the tests -with this sample ``settings`` module, ``cd`` into the Django -``tests/`` directory and run: +with this sample ``settings`` module: .. code-block:: bash - ./runtests.py --settings=test_sqlite - -If you get an ``ImportError: No module named django.contrib`` error, -you need to add your install of Django to your ``PYTHONPATH``. + git clone git@github.com:django/django.git django-repo + cd django-repo/tests + PYTHONPATH=..:$PYTHONPATH python ./runtests.py --settings=test_sqlite .. _running-unit-tests-settings: @@ -47,14 +45,10 @@ SQLite. If you want to test behavior using a different database (and if you're proposing patches for Django, it's a good idea to test across databases), you may need to define your own settings file. -To run the tests with different settings, ``cd`` to the ``tests/`` directory -and type: - -.. code-block:: bash - - ./runtests.py --settings=path.to.django.settings +To run the tests with different settings, ensure that the module is on your +``PYTHONPATH`` and pass the module with ``--settings``. -The :setting:`DATABASES` setting in this test settings module needs to define +The :setting:`DATABASES` setting in any test settings module needs to define two databases: * A ``default`` database. This database should use the backend that |
