Testing django

[Ayush Bisht]

./runtests.py --settings=path.to.settings i18n.tests.TranslationTests

what exactly is the purpose of path.to.settings, I'm getting an error while running the above line.

Can anyone please explain?

Error  

Testing against Django installed in '/home/ayush/OS/django/django' with up to 8 processes
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ayush/OS/django/tests/./runtests.py", line 770, in <module>
    failures = django_tests(
  File "/home/ayush/OS/django/tests/./runtests.py", line 398, in django_tests
    test_labels, state = setup_run_tests(*process_setup_args)
  File "/home/ayush/OS/django/tests/./runtests.py", line 300, in setup_run_tests
    test_modules, state = setup_collect_tests(
  File "/home/ayush/OS/django/tests/./runtests.py", line 201, in setup_collect_tests
    "INSTALLED_APPS": settings.INSTALLED_APPS,
  File "/home/ayush/OS/django/django/conf/__init__.py", line 84, in __getattr__
    self._setup(name)
  File "/home/ayush/OS/django/django/conf/__init__.py", line 71, in _setup
    self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
  File "/home/ayush/OS/django/django/conf/__init__.py", line 185, in __init__
    mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 992, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 992, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1004, in _find_and_load_unlocked
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'path'

[Ayush Bisht]

Seems like, it is for defining how actually we are selecting the specific test case. It is very confusing at first. 

Can't we just explain it with an example..

[Bhuvnesh Sharma]

We can run django tests with custom settings by using --settings flag and providing the path to the custom settings file . For example:
./runtests.py --settings=new_app.test_settings

What do you want to do exactly?

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[Ayush Bisht]

Yeah, I got you.. 

My concern is on the documentation, the way it has provided the commands for executing test cases. 

That 

path.to.settings seems confusing sometimes.. 

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