From c51756910861e0b613c5b7aa2fde579d696af994 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Jackson <scubbojj@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:15:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Create generic Make command to run Django `manage.py` (#886)

See https://github.com/grafana/oncall/pull/868
---
 Makefile      | 3 +++
 dev/README.md | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b60a4be8..7fc5b021 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -166,3 +166,6 @@ run-backend-celery:
 
 backend-command:
 	$(call backend_command,$(CMD))
+
+backend-manage-command:
+	$(call backend_command,python manage.py $(CMD))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev/README.md b/dev/README.md
index e8ffa723..9f858e3c 100644
--- a/dev/README.md
+++ b/dev/README.md
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ make dbshell # opens a DB shell
 make exec-engine # exec into engine container's bash
 make test # run backend tests
 
+# run Django's `manage.py` script, passing `$CMD` as arguments.
+# e.g. `make backend-manage-command makemigrations` - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/django-admin/#django-admin-makemigrations
+make backend-manage-command CMD="..."
+
 # run both frontend and backend linters
 # may need to run `yarn install` from within `grafana-plugin` to install several `pre-commit` dependencies
 make lint