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Tweaked unit test 'quick start' explanation. 

Thanks Jeremy Dunck.
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Tim Graham 2013-05-20 13:45:32 -04:00
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docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/unit-tests.txt
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@ -27,15 +27,13 @@ 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, ``cd`` into the Django
``tests/`` directory and run:
with this sample ``settings`` module:
.. code-block:: bash
./runtests.py --settings=test_sqlite
If you get an ``ImportError: No module named django.contrib`` error,
you need to add your install of Django to your ``PYTHONPATH``.
git clone git@github.com:django/django.git django-repo
cd django-repo/tests
PYTHONPATH=..:$PYTHONPATH python ./runtests.py --settings=test_sqlite
.. _running-unit-tests-settings:
@ -47,14 +45,10 @@ SQLite. If you want to test behavior using a different database (and
if you're proposing patches for Django, it's a good idea to test
across databases), you may need to define your own settings file.
To run the tests with different settings, ``cd`` to the ``tests/`` directory
and type:
To run the tests with different settings, ensure that the module is on your
``PYTHONPATH`` and pass the module with ``--settings``.
.. code-block:: bash
./runtests.py --settings=path.to.django.settings
The :setting:`DATABASES` setting in this test settings module needs to define
The :setting:`DATABASES` setting in any test settings module needs to define
two databases:
* A ``default`` database. This database should use the backend that