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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 13:37:56 -0400 |
| commit | c2cad66e4743afa28b3bf476e62aae29cc8abc47 (patch) | |
| tree | e712d33bc9b073e813354a7999d6f405256c955e /docs | |
| parent | 40ad022d5e366f56424dcdb885607d13c00a550e (diff) | |
[1.7.x] Added a warning about direct settings manipulation in tests.
Thanks Thomas Chaumeny for the initial patch.
Backport of 3f651b3e88 from master
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/testing/tools.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt index 8aca04aaba..334c34e7dc 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt @@ -1034,6 +1034,12 @@ 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 |