From ac1e4643a0fda6d989f04cb99c1d8baacaefe8ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Zoldak <zoldak@edx.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:30:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add enable-migrations parameter for python unit tests

---
 docs/en_us/internal/testing.rst | 10 ++++++++++
 pavelib/tests.py                |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/en_us/internal/testing.rst b/docs/en_us/internal/testing.rst
index 9e628568d1..8a691acac2 100644
--- a/docs/en_us/internal/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/en_us/internal/testing.rst
@@ -179,6 +179,16 @@ To run cms python tests without ``collectstatic`` use this command.
 
     paver test_system -s cms --fasttest
 
+For the sake of speed, by default the python unit test database tables
+are created directly from apps' models. If you want to run the tests
+against a database created by applying the migrations instead, use the
+``--enable-migrations`` option.
+
+
+::
+
+    paver test_system -s lms --enable-migrations
+
 To run a single django test class use this command.
 
 ::
diff --git a/pavelib/tests.py b/pavelib/tests.py
index 2ff07e24f0..4cf9e4febc 100644
--- a/pavelib/tests.py
+++ b/pavelib/tests.py
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ __test__ = False  # do not collect
         dest='disable_migrations',
         help="Create tables directly from apps' models. Can also be used by exporting DISABLE_MIGRATIONS=1."
     ),
+    make_option(
+        '--enable-migrations',
+        action='store_false',
+        dest='disable_migrations',
+        help="Create tables by applying migrations."
+    ),
     ("fail_fast", None, "deprecated in favor of fail-fast"),
     ("test_id=", None, "deprecated in favor of test-id"),
     ('cov_args=', None, 'deprecated in favor of cov-args'),