Fixed #17799 - Documented that the execute() method of a management command is not suitable for calling the command from code; call_command should be used instead. Thanks kacah222 for the report and claudep for the patch.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@17629 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

docs/howto/custom-management-commands.txt

@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ the :meth:`~BaseCommand.handle` method must be implemented.
     :class:`CommandError`, intercept it and print it sensibly to
     stderr.
 
+.. admonition:: Calling a management command in your code
+
+    ``execute()`` should not be called directly from your code to execute a
+    command. Use :ref:`call_command <call-command>` instead.
+
 .. method:: BaseCommand.handle(*args, **options)
 
     The actual logic of the command. Subclasses must implement this method.

docs/ref/django-admin.txt

@@ -1490,6 +1490,8 @@ See :doc:`/howto/custom-management-commands` for how to add customized actions.
 Running management commands from your code
 ==========================================
 
+.. _call-command:
+
 .. function:: django.core.management.call_command(name, *args, **options)
 
 To call a management command from code use ``call_command``.