These are found in multiple places across the code. It would be helpful to document them for the user.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <[email protected]> --- docs/development.md | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md index 3bb5da9..07e0ca0 100644 --- a/docs/development.md +++ b/docs/development.md @@ -47,7 +47,23 @@ used to test patchwork against several versions of Django. Of course, this is a one-time step: once installed in the virtual environment there is no need to to install requirements again. -5. Run the development server +5. Export the `DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE` path + + If you are using the provided `settings/dev.py` file, you can simply export + the path to this (in Python module format) like so: + + (django-1.8)$ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=patchwork.settings.dev + + If you do so, you may also need to configure you database configuration. + See the [Environmental Configuration](#environmental-configuration) section + below for details on the specific variables to export. For example: + + (django-1.8)$ export PW_TEST_DB_USER=root + + You can also provide your own `settings.py` file. Simply change the path + used for `DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE` above and omit the `PW_` related steps. + +6. Run the development server (django-1.8)$ ./manage.py runserver @@ -60,6 +76,21 @@ environment: Should you wish to re-enter this environment, simply source the `activate` script again. +## Environmental Variables + +The following environmental variables are available to configure settings: + +<dl> + <dt>PW_TEST_DB_NAME = 'patchwork'</dt> + <dd>Name of the database</dd> + <dt>PW_TEST_DB_USER = 'patchwork'</dt> + <dd>Username to access the database with</dd> + <dt>PW_TEST_DB_PASS = 'password'</dt> + <dd>Password to access the database with</dd> + <dt>PW_TEST_DB_TYPE = 'mysql'</dt> + <dd>Type of database to use. Options: 'mysql', 'postgresql'</dd> +</dl> + ## Running Tests patchwork includes a [tox] script to automate testing. Before running this, you -- 2.0.0 _______________________________________________ Patchwork mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/patchwork
