Colorized manage.py test's results in docker container

[huydbui]

Most of my time spending on a project is in the django docker container running 'python manage.py test'
I'm wondering if there is an easy way to enable the colored output, green/red thing. I have tried https://pypi.org/project/redgreenunittest/ but it doesn't seem to work for me.

Did I miss something simple, could someone please let me know?

[foarsitter]

First thing to notice: this project does not use the django testrunner but relies on pytest. Tests are executed with the pytest command, as demonstrated in gitlab-ci.yml

Can you try that route?

[huydbui]

Yes, I do see some color in pytest which is good. But I don't use pytest because of this:

root@2f92e0b6d8d5:/app# pytest
Test session starts (platform: linux, Python 3.9.9, pytest 6.2.5, pytest-sugar 0.9.4)
django: settings: config.settings.test (from option)
rootdir: /app, configfile: pytest.ini
plugins: Faker-12.0.0, django-4.5.2, sugar-0.9.4
collecting ...

The "collecting ..." part takes at least 2 minutes every time I run "pytest". Is that normal or am I doing something wrong? Thank you for your response.

[huydbui]

Oh, thank you for your note. I did pytest this time for a specific package and it works fast (i didn't test on individual package before). So the pytest on the suite takes 2 minutes and the python manage.py test takes <10s is the only thing I have left. If it's normal, please let me know.

[foarsitter]

I'm running 453 testes in 30 seconds or so in a Docker environment. Do you have a configuration for pytest in pytest.ini? Since the django testrunner is super fast your machine is not the problem. I suppose your configuration has an issue.

Try a clean project of this template and running the tests will give you some insights.