From 9b7d38ed5a9eed21c496abb1b874cfe53da9c9c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bouke Haarsma Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:19:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #21210 -- Documented when runserver doesn't auto-restart. Thanks gergely at polonkai.eu for the suggestion. --- docs/intro/tutorial01.txt | 8 ++++++++ docs/ref/django-admin.txt | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt index 1c301c0cc2..dd40a47548 100644 --- a/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt +++ b/docs/intro/tutorial01.txt @@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ It worked! Full docs for the development server can be found in the :djadmin:`runserver` reference. +.. admonition:: Automatic reloading of :djadmin:`runserver` + + The development server automatically reloads Python code for each request + as needed. You don't need to restart the server for code changes to take + effect. However, some actions like adding files or compiling translation + files don't trigger a restart, so you'll have to restart the server in + these cases. + Database setup -------------- diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt index 9626606c01..2d9dcd9920 100644 --- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt +++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt @@ -791,6 +791,8 @@ Django.) The development server automatically reloads Python code for each request, as needed. You don't need to restart the server for code changes to take effect. +However, some actions like adding files or compiling translation files don't +trigger a restart, so you'll have to restart the server in these cases. When you start the server, and each time you change Python code while the server is running, the server will validate all of your installed models. (See