Run only PROJECT_APPS tests. INSTALLED_APPS += PROJECT_APPS

django_project_apps_test_runner.py

import logging

from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner
from django.conf import settings

TESTING_APPS = getattr(settings, 'PROJECT_APPS', getattr(settings, 'INSTALLED_APPS', []))


class ProjectAppsTestSuiteRunner(DjangoTestSuiteRunner):
    '''
    Run only internal project's apps tests.

    In django settings set:

    TEST_RUNNER = 'test_runner.ProjectAppsTestSuiteRunner'
    '''
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        settings.TESTING = True
        south_log = logging.getLogger("south")
        south_log.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
        super(ProjectAppsTestSuiteRunner, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

    def build_suite(self, *args, **kwargs):
        suite = super(ProjectAppsTestSuiteRunner, self).build_suite(*args, **kwargs)

        if not args[0] and not getattr(settings, 'RUN_ALL_TESTS', False):
            tests = []

            for case in suite:
                pkg = case.__class__.__module__.split('.')[0]

                if pkg in TESTING_APPS:
                    tests.append(case)

            suite._tests = tests

        return suite