Ah, turns out all you have to do is specify -
fixtures = [ 'initial_data' ]
... in the TestCase and it'll load all the initial_data fixtures from
all apps. Still a bit odd that loading initial_data fixtures isn't the
default in tests though.
On 3 October 2013 16:49, Sam Lai <samuel....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to test a Django management command in app X that parses
> data files and inserts data into models that are located in apps Y and
> Z. Apps Y and Z have initial_data.json files in them. On running my
> test however, it seems that my initial_data fixtures are not being
> loaded.
>
> I could specify the initial_data fixtures manually (presumably I can
> do ../) using the 'fixtures' variable in my TestCase, but that isn't
> very DRY and becomes tedious when more apps are introduced with their
> own initial_data.
>
> I tracked this down to a change that Russell made 3 years ago
> (https://github.com/django/django/commit/b31a1b99261d05bf8a34495ee9faf4d6592b8b36).
> The commit message and content explains why *custom SQL* fixtures
> aren't loaded automatically during testing, but says nothing about why
> xml/yaml/json fixtures are no longer loaded either.
>
> All django-users threads that I can find on this refer to the
> situation prior to this change, and state that initial_data fixtures
> *were* loaded.
>
> What's the reason for the change? I thought initial_data is designed
> for data that should always be in the database, so this is a bit odd.
> Can't really find anything in the docs that mentions this either.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam
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