Fixed #27787 -- Made call_command() validate the options it receives.

django/contrib/auth/management/commands/createsuperuser.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class NotRunningInTTYException(Exception):
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     help = 'Used to create a superuser.'
     requires_migrations_checks = True
+    stealth_options = ('stdin',)
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

django/core/management/__init__.py

@@ -118,6 +118,20 @@ def call_command(command_name, *args, **options):
     arg_options = {opt_mapping.get(key, key): value for key, value in options.items()}
     defaults = parser.parse_args(args=[force_text(a) for a in args])
     defaults = dict(defaults._get_kwargs(), **arg_options)
+    # Raise an error if any unknown options were passed.
+    stealth_options = set(command.base_stealth_options + command.stealth_options)
+    dest_parameters = {action.dest for action in parser._actions}
+    valid_options = dest_parameters | stealth_options | set(opt_mapping)
+    unknown_options = set(options) - valid_options
+    if unknown_options:
+        raise TypeError(
+            "Unknown option(s) for %s command: %s. "
+            "Valid options are: %s." % (
+                command_name,
+                ', '.join(sorted(unknown_options)),
+                ', '.join(sorted(valid_options)),
+            )
+        )
     # Move positional args out of options to mimic legacy optparse
     args = defaults.pop('args', ())
     if 'skip_checks' not in options:

django/core/management/base.py

@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ class BaseCommand:
         that is locale-sensitive and such content shouldn't contain any
         translations (like it happens e.g. with django.contrib.auth
         permissions) as activating any locale might cause unintended effects.
+
+    ``stealth_options``
+        A tuple of any options the command uses which aren't defined by the
+        argument parser.
     """
     # Metadata about this command.
     help = ''
@@ -193,6 +197,11 @@ class BaseCommand:
     leave_locale_alone = False
     requires_migrations_checks = False
     requires_system_checks = True
+    # Arguments, common to all commands, which aren't defined by the argument
+    # parser.
+    base_stealth_options = ('skip_checks', 'stderr', 'stdout')
+    # Command-specific options not defined by the argument parser.
+    stealth_options = ()
 
     def __init__(self, stdout=None, stderr=None, no_color=False):
         self.stdout = OutputWrapper(stdout or sys.stdout)

django/core/management/commands/flush.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         'Removes ALL DATA from the database, including data added during '
         'migrations. Does not achieve a "fresh install" state.'
     )
+    stealth_options = ('reset_sequences', 'allow_cascade', 'inhibit_post_migrate')
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument(

django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py

@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ from django.db.models.constants import LOOKUP_SEP
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
     help = "Introspects the database tables in the given database and outputs a Django model module."
-
     requires_system_checks = False
-
+    stealth_options = ('table_name_filter', )
     db_module = 'django.db'
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):

docs/releases/2.0.txt

@@ -384,6 +384,18 @@ raises an exception and should be replaced with::
 
     forms.IntegerField(max_value=25, min_value=10)
 
+``call_command()`` validates the options it receives
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+``call_command()`` now validates that the argument parser of the command being
+called defines all of the options passed to ``call_command()``.
+
+For custom management commands that use options not created using
+``parser.add_argument()``, add a ``stealth_options`` attribute on the command::
+
+    class MyCommand(BaseCommand):
+        stealth_options = ('option_name', ...)
+
 Miscellaneous
 -------------
 

tests/auth_tests/test_management.py

@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ class CreatesuperuserManagementCommandTestCase(TestCase):
             call_command(
                 "createsuperuser",
                 interactive=False,
-                username="joe@somewhere.org",
                 stdout=new_io,
                 stderr=new_io,
             )

tests/user_commands/tests.py

@@ -175,6 +175,25 @@ class CommandTests(SimpleTestCase):
         finally:
             dance.Command.requires_migrations_checks = requires_migrations_checks
 
+    def test_call_command_unrecognized_option(self):
+        msg = (
+            'Unknown option(s) for dance command: unrecognized. Valid options '
+            'are: example, help, integer, no_color, opt_3, option3, '
+            'pythonpath, settings, skip_checks, stderr, stdout, style, '
+            'traceback, verbosity, version.'
+        )
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(TypeError, msg):
+            management.call_command('dance', unrecognized=1)
+
+        msg = (
+            'Unknown option(s) for dance command: unrecognized, unrecognized2. '
+            'Valid options are: example, help, integer, no_color, opt_3, '
+            'option3, pythonpath, settings, skip_checks, stderr, stdout, '
+            'style, traceback, verbosity, version.'
+        )
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(TypeError, msg):
+            management.call_command('dance', unrecognized=1, unrecognized2=1)
+
 
 class CommandRunTests(AdminScriptTestCase):
     """