Django: skip system check when running custom command <p>I've added a custom management command to an application developed using Django 1.6.11. This command, let's call it <code>initdb</code>, performs a set of particualr actions: </p> <ul> <li>Checks whenever a database and user from settings.py exist and if not create them, set appropriate character sets, grants access, etc.</li> <li>Performs <code>syncdb</code></li> <li>Loads particular database dump</li> </ul> <p>In other words, it's very handy for quick database initialization from total zero.</p> <p>Now, I'm migrating to Django 1.8.5 and one thing I've noticed is that, before almost every command, Django automatically executes <code>check</code> command from new system check framework, which among other stuff checks if database/user form <code>settings.py</code> exist. That leads to a situation when I can't run my custom command because automatic check throws exceptions that there is no access to database (indeed, my custom command should create it).</p> <p>Is there any way to force skipping automatic <code>check</code> that Django makes, at least in custom management command?</p>