4 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/__init__.py b/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/__init__.py
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/admin.py b/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18122696b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from models import Story
+
+
+admin.site.register(Story)
+raise Exception("Bad admin module")
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5643955df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+class Story(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=10)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1cc3b595c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/bug8245/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+
+class Bug8245Test(TestCase):
+    """
+    Test for bug #8245 - don't raise an AlreadyRegistered exception when using
+    autodiscover() and an admin.py module contains an error.
+    """
+
+    def test_bug_8245(self):
+        # The first time autodiscover is called, we should get our real error.
+        try:
+            admin.autodiscover()
+        except Exception, e:
+            self.failUnlessEqual(str(e), "Bad admin module")
+        else:
+            self.fail(
+                'autodiscover should have raised a "Bad admin module" error.')
+        # Calling autodiscover again should bail out early and not raise an
+        # AlreadyRegistered error.
+        admin.autodiscover()