Stubbing django settings with Mock

settings.py

SOME_SETTING = 'some value'

tests.py

from django.test import TestCase

from myapp.utils import get_some_setting
from mock import patch

class SimpleTest(TestCase):
    # see http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/mock/patch.html#where-to-patch
    @patch('myapp.utils.settings', SOME_SETTING='FAKED!')
    def test_get_some_setting_returns_some_setting(self, settings):
        assert get_some_setting() == 'FAKED!'

utils.py

from django.conf import settings

def get_some_setting():
    return settings.SOME_SETTING

@pymen - unfortunately that approach doesn't work if you've already imported the value at the point of module load.

If mymodule has already been imported with the original settings, you don't get the @override_settings() update, and so the mock solution is a good workaround for this

Django 1.4 provides a decoraor @override_settings allows you mock Django settings.
So the recommended way is:

from django.test.utils import override_settings
...


class ABCTest(TestCase)

    @override_settings(DEBUG=False)
    def test_xyz(self):
        # do something