django_dirty_bits

Dirty tracking for Django models

django_dirty_bits is a library that tracks model's modification state. Ths lets you find out if you need to call save on a model or add it to post processing.

Requirements

• Django 1.2+

Examples

1. Registering your models

import dirty_bits

class Author(models.Model):
    name = models.TextField()

dirty_bits.register(Author)

2. Registering all of your models

dirty_bits.register_all()

3. Checking dirtiness

author = Author.objects.get(pj=3)
author.is_dirty()

Running Tests

Running the tests requires you to either configure an environment with all the parts installed that are required in requirements/requirements.txt, or follow the following steps

1. Create a sandbox

virtualenv {% virtual_env_name %}
{% path to virtual_env_name %}/bin/activate

2. Set the django settings to be test_settings

export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=test_settings

3. Install requirements

pip install -r -U requirements/requirements.txt

4. Running tests

python manage.py test