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| author | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2014-10-31 13:34:41 -0400 |
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| committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2014-10-31 13:34:41 -0400 |
| commit | 3f651b3e88ac1ba8d04acd5a074362866a0a963a (patch) | |
| tree | 7ee34a823a7c3c376dc9c4a91e87180bbd4709f3 /docs | |
| parent | 715ccfde24f9f2b7f6710429370a1eff3c78fc2a (diff) | |
Added a warning about direct settings manipulation in tests.
Thanks Thomas Chaumeny for the initial patch.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/testing/tools.txt | 6 |
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diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt index 439910aa8a..f3c2a8041d 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt @@ -1061,6 +1061,12 @@ If ``multi_db=True``, fixtures are loaded into all databases. Overriding settings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.. warning:: + + Use the functions below to temporarily alter the value of settings in tests. + Don't manipulate ``django.conf.settings`` directly as Django won't restore + the original values after such manipulations. + .. method:: SimpleTestCase.settings() For testing purposes it's often useful to change a setting temporarily and |