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+# Copyright 2017 IBM Corp.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import mock
+
+from tempest.tests import base
+
+
+class ConfCounter(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.count = 0
+
+    def __getattr__(self, key):
+        self.count += 1
+        return mock.MagicMock()
+
+    def get_counts(self):
+        return self.count
+
+
+class TestImports(base.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestImports, self).setUp()
+        self.conf_mock = self.patch('tempest.config.CONF',
+                                    new_callable=ConfCounter)
+
+    def test_account_generator_command_import(self):
+        from tempest.cmd import account_generator  # noqa
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.conf_mock.get_counts())
+
+    def test_cleanup_command_import(self):
+        from tempest.cmd import cleanup  # noqa
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.conf_mock.get_counts())
+
+    def test_init_command_import(self):
+        from tempest.cmd import init  # noqa
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.conf_mock.get_counts())
+
+    def test_list_plugins_command_import(self):
+        from tempest.cmd import list_plugins  # noqa
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.conf_mock.get_counts())
+
+    def test_run_command_import(self):
+        from tempest.cmd import run  # noqa
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.conf_mock.get_counts())
+
+    def test_subunit_descibe_command_import(self):
+        from tempest.cmd import subunit_describe_calls  # noqa
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.conf_mock.get_counts())
+
+    def test_verify_tempest_config_command_import(self):
+        from tempest.cmd import verify_tempest_config  # noqa
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.conf_mock.get_counts())
+
+    def test_workspace_command_import(self):
+        from tempest.cmd import workspace  # noqa
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.conf_mock.get_counts())