Setting up Git workflow for django

django-git-workflow.md

Setup Github Actions for Django Project

Step 1

In project root directory the create a folder called '.github'

Step 2

Create a file in the format workflows/django.yml

Step 3

Add the following snippet to the file

name: Django CI

on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ master ]

jobs:
  build:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      max-parallel: 4
      matrix:
        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8]

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
      with:
        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
    - name: Install Dependencies
      run: |
        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
        pip install -r ./web/requirements.txt
    - name: Run Tests'
      env:
        SECRET_KEY: 69tgugtg%^fgJO&*&
        DB_NAME: mydb
        DB_USER: userdb
        DB_PASSWORD: password
        DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS: localhost 127.0.0.1 [::1]
        DEBUG_MODE: False
        TIME_ZONE: Africa/Bangui
        CACHE_KEY_PREFIX: Halo
      run: |
        python ./web/manage.py test

Step 4

Do git add . && git commit -m 'Add Django git workflow' then do git push origin master(branch name)

Step 5

Goto the github repository and click actions, when you do push or a pull request to the master branch it will be added as a job on git workflow.

Happy Hacking.

I have a question what if i use manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 instead of manage.py test will it run as a webpage on github.com:8000?

but how do i view the active site??

GitHub Actions are not meant to display active sites. They just automate some processes whenever an event occurs in your repository. You can set up actions to push your site to production so that you can access it from your domain