How to implement a “dry run mode” for data imports in Django (via) Adam Johnson describes in detail a beautiful pattern for implementing a dry-run mode for a Django management command, by executing ORM calls inside an atomic() transaction block, showing a summary of changes that are made and then rolling the transaction back at the end.
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