Add --skip-gulp parameter to collectstatic to disable running gulp

README.md

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
 Now when you run `./manage.py runserver` or `./manage.py collectstatic` your
 `gulp` tasks will run as well!
 
+Furthermore, you can use `./manage.py collectstatic --skip-gulp` to run `collectstatic` without running gulp. This may be useful during development if your gulp build takes a lot of time.
+
 ### Settings
 
 `GULP_CWD` defaults to the current working directory. Override it if your `gulpfile.js` does not reside within the Django project's toplevel directory.

django_gulp/management/commands/collectstatic.py

@@ -12,33 +12,41 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     A version of collectstatic that runs `gulp build --production` first.
     """
 
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument('--skip-gulp',
+                            action='store_true',
+                            help="Do not run gulp, collectstatic will have vanilla behavior")
+        super().add_arguments(parser)
+
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         if options['dry_run']:
             return
 
-        popen_kwargs = {
-            'shell': True,
-            'stdin': subprocess.PIPE,
-            'stdout': self.stdout._out,
-            'stderr': self.stderr._out
-        }
-
-        # HACK: This command is executed without node_modules in the PATH
-        # when it's executed from Heroku... Ideally we wouldn't need any
-        # Heroku-specific code for this to work.
-        if os.path.exists('/app/requirements.txt'):
-            popen_kwargs['env'] = {
-                'PATH': (os.environ['PATH'] +
-                         ':/app/node_modules/.bin' +
-                         ':/app/.heroku/node/bin')
+        # Use --skip-gulp to skip running gulp on collectstatic
+        if not options['skip_gulp']:
+            popen_kwargs = {
+                'shell': True,
+                'stdin': subprocess.PIPE,
+                'stdout': self.stdout._out,
+                'stderr': self.stderr._out
             }
 
-        gulp_cwd = getattr(settings, 'GULP_CWD', os.getcwd())
-        gulp_command = getattr(
-            settings, 'GULP_PRODUCTION_COMMAND', 'gulp build --cwd %s --production' % gulp_cwd)
-        try:
-            subprocess.check_call(gulp_command, **popen_kwargs)
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            raise CommandError(e)
+            # HACK: This command is executed without node_modules in the PATH
+            # when it's executed from Heroku... Ideally we wouldn't need any
+            # Heroku-specific code for this to work.
+            if os.path.exists('/app/requirements.txt'):
+                popen_kwargs['env'] = {
+                    'PATH': (os.environ['PATH'] +
+                            ':/app/node_modules/.bin' +
+                            ':/app/.heroku/node/bin')
+                }
+
+            gulp_cwd = getattr(settings, 'GULP_CWD', os.getcwd())
+            gulp_command = getattr(
+                settings, 'GULP_PRODUCTION_COMMAND', 'gulp build --cwd %s --production' % gulp_cwd)
+            try:
+                subprocess.check_call(gulp_command, **popen_kwargs)
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                raise CommandError(e)
 
         super(Command, self).handle(*args, **options)