pytest-dev / pytest-dev/pytest-django
New feature: --migrate-db with --reuse-db
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Description
Hi,
sometimes I create a very small migration for the database,
then I patch the settings.py file to prepend "test_" to the name of the database,
then I run migrations, then I run py.test with --create-db.
Would be really cool for me if py.test on --reuse-db could just migrate the database in case the database is not migrated, while still not recreating it.
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Research direction
Start by tracing how --reuse-db and --create-db are handled, then locate the code that decides whether Django migrations run. Check the existing test coverage for database setup and reuse behavior. Done means --reuse-db applies pending migrations without recreating the test database.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- django, python
- Domain
- databases, testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100