From 789a9dc978ba5f0b0c759d71b217cf2fbf9090ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Zoldak <zoldak@edx.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 15:24:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Change the default dir for loading xml files. This should
 always be overridden by the testcases if needed.

---
 lms/envs/test.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lms/envs/test.py b/lms/envs/test.py
index de74f29c0f..b6a2c48075 100644
--- a/lms/envs/test.py
+++ b/lms/envs/test.py
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ sessions. Assumes structure:
 from .common import *
 import os
 from path import path
-from warnings import filterwarnings, simplefilter
+from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from uuid import uuid4
+from warnings import filterwarnings, simplefilter
 
 # mongo connection settings
 MONGO_PORT_NUM = int(os.environ.get('EDXAPP_TEST_MONGO_PORT', '27017'))
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ update_module_store_settings(
         'fs_root': TEST_ROOT / "data",
     },
     xml_store_options={
-        'data_dir': COMMON_TEST_DATA_ROOT,
+        'data_dir': mkdtemp(),  # never inadvertently load all the XML courses
     },
     doc_store_settings={
         'host': MONGO_HOST,