--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/makeitso/python_package/tests/doctest.txt	Sat Jan 08 21:24:17 2011 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Test ${project}
+===============
+
+The obligatory imports:
+
+    >>> import ${package}
+
+Run some tests.  This test will fail, please fix it:
+
+    >>> assert True == False

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/makeitso/python_package/tests/test.py	Sat Jan 08 21:24:17 2011 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+doctest runner
+"""
+
+import doctest
+import os
+
+def run_tests():
+    directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    extraglobs = {'here': directory}
+    tests =  [ test for test in os.listdir(directory)
+               if test.endswith('.txt') ]
+    for test in tests:
+        doctest.testfile(test, extraglobs=extraglobs, raise_on_error=True)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run_tests()