Improved test coverage of production build/config

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -113,3 +113,16 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "18"
       - name: Bare Metal ${{ matrix.script.name }}
         run: sh tests/test_bare.sh ${{ matrix.script.args }}
+
+  production-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+          cache: pip
+      - name: Install production dependencies
+        run: pip install -r {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+      - name: Run Django deployment checks
+        run: python manage.py check --deploy

tests/test_docker.sh

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ docker compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py makemessages --all
 # Make sure the check doesn't raise any warnings
 docker compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py check --fail-level WARNING
 
+# Check for deployment-specific issues
+docker compose -f local.yml run django python manage.py check --deploy
+
 # Generate the HTML for the documentation
 docker compose -f local.yml run docs make html
 

tests/test_production_build.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import subprocess
+
+def test_production_check():
+    # This will raise an exception if there's an error
+    subprocess.check_call(['python', 'manage.py', 'check', '--deploy'])