From b2314d9e1e08749f2c05151f9cd44520d2b3a03a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anssi Kääriäinen Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:00:38 +0200 Subject: Fixed #19941 -- Modified runtests.py to make running the tests easier. 1. Automatically use tests/../django as the Django version. 2. If settings aren't provided through --settings or DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE) then use test_sqlite. --- docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/internals/contributing/writing-code') diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt index 7ee65cd6fa..b38c6f6783 100644 --- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt +++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt @@ -25,16 +25,26 @@ 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: +databases to use. To make it easy to get started, Django provides and uses a +sample settings module that uses the SQLite database. To run the tests: .. code-block:: bash git clone git@github.com:django/django.git django-repo cd django-repo/tests + ./runtests.py + +.. versionchanged:: 1.7 + +Older versions of Django required running the tests like this:: + PYTHONPATH=..:$PYTHONPATH python ./runtests.py --settings=test_sqlite +``runtests.py`` now uses the Django package found at ``tests/../django`` (there +isn't a need to add this on your ``PYTHONPATH``) and ``test_sqlite`` for the +settings if settings aren't provided through either ``--settings`` or +:envvar:`DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE`. + .. _running-unit-tests-settings: Using another ``settings`` module -- cgit v1.3