Support local git branches in tests

Author: ericholscher

readthedocs/settings/test.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class CommunityTestSettings(CommunityDevSettings):
 
     DEBUG = False
     TEMPLATE_DEBUG = False
+    LOCAL_GIT_BRANCHES = True
 
     @property
     def LOGGING(self):  # noqa - avoid pep8 N802

readthedocs/vcs_support/backends/git.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import git
 from builtins import str
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.conf import settings
 from git.exc import BadName
 
 from readthedocs.config import ALL
@@ -182,6 +183,8 @@ def branches(self):
         # ``repo.remotes.origin.refs`` returns remote branches
         if repo.remotes:
             branches += repo.remotes.origin.refs
+        if getattr(settings, 'LOCAL_GIT_BRANCHES', False):
+            branches += repo.branches
 
         for branch in branches:
             verbose_name = branch.name