This article is now published on my website: Prefer Subshells for Context.
Timothy Heys twheys
datagrok
/ gist:2199506
Last active
December 16, 2024 16:14
Virtualenv's `bin/activate` is Doing It Wrong
turicas
/ virtualenv_execute.py
Created
June 8, 2012 19:23
Execute Python code in a virtualenv, return its stdout and stderr
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| # coding: utf-8 | |
| import os | |
| import shlex | |
| from subprocess import Popen, PIPE | |
| def execute_in_virtualenv(virtualenv_name, commands): | |
| '''Execute Python code in a virtualenv, return its stdout and stderr.''' |
mikeengland
/ django_parallel_tests.py
Last active
December 23, 2016 01:15
Overrides the default test database name so that multiple instances of Django parallel tests using the same database instance do not clash e.g. when testing multiple branches at once (like Bamboo's plan branches). Run using: `python manage.py test --testrunner='<path>.<to>.<class>.ParallelTestRunner' --parallel=<num_parallel_processes>`
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
| from datetime import datetime | |
| from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner | |
| class ParallelTestRunner(DiscoverRunner): | |
| """ | |
| Uses a combination of hours, minutes and microseconds. This should avoid any db name conflicts and when | |
| Django creates the db, the name will abide by the MySQL 16 character limit. | |
| """ | |
| settings.DATABASES[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS]['NAME'] = datetime.utcnow().strftime('%H%M%f') |