adds global sync configuration option

Setting the `sync` configuration option will force all async() calls to be run with `sync=True`. Useful for testing.

django_q/conf.py

@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ class Conf(object):
     # Sets the number of processors for each worker, defaults to all.
     CPU_AFFINITY = conf.get('cpu_affinity', 0)
 
+    # Global sync option to for debugging
+    SYNC = conf.get('sync', False)
+
     # Use the secret key for package signing
     # Django itself should raise an error if it's not configured
     SECRET_KEY = settings.SECRET_KEY

django_q/tasks.py

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def async(func, *args, **kwargs):
         task['save'] = save
     # sign it
     pack = signing.SignedPackage.dumps(task)
-    if sync:
+    if sync or Conf.SYNC:
         return _sync(pack)
     # push it
     redis.rpush(list_key, pack)