App can't be tested because of conflit with django.contrib.messages

Question

In my django project, I'm having trouble testing my homemade app named "messages". If I write a single test in messages/tests.py and try to run it with python manage.py test messages, it will perform 74 tests from, I guess, the django.contrib.messages library.

How can I run my local app tests instead of the library one without renaming it? All other tests for my apps with other names run fine.

Answer 1

You need to make sure your application appears in your settings.py INSTALLED_APPS before django.contrib.messages does.