Fixed #25784 -- Prevented an exception on collectstatic help

Made the `manage.py help collectstatic` don't fail if the `STATIC_ROOT`
setting is empty.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py b/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py
index 94166f9888..7c1c4223d0 100644
--- a/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py
+++ b/tests/staticfiles_tests/test_management.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import shutil
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
+from admin_scripts.tests import AdminScriptTestCase
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.staticfiles import storage
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.management.commands import collectstatic
@@ -130,6 +132,18 @@ class TestConfiguration(StaticFilesTestCase):
             storage.staticfiles_storage = staticfiles_storage
 
 
+class TestCollectionHelpSubcommand(AdminScriptTestCase):
+    @override_settings(STATIC_ROOT=None)
+    def test_missing_settings_dont_prevent_help(self):
+        """
+        Even if the STATIC_ROOT setting is not set, one can still call the
+        `manage.py help collectstatic` command.
+        """
+        self.write_settings('settings.py', apps=['django.contrib.staticfiles'])
+        out, err = self.run_manage(['help', 'collectstatic'])
+        self.assertNoOutput(err)
+
+
 class TestCollection(CollectionTestCase, TestDefaults):
     """
     Test ``collectstatic`` management command.