id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
18261	"Clarify the term ""project root directory"""	schnippi	Susan Tan	"The documentation at 
{{{
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/translation/#message-files
}}}
states that 
{{{
django-admin.py makemessages
}}}
should be run from ""the root directory of your Django project"" or ""the root directory of your Django app"".

As the Django 1.4 directory structure creates mysite/ and mysite/mysite/, it is unclear, what the project's root directory is. Running django-admin makemessages/compilemessages within mysite/ makes the the Django translation system ignore my translation file. Running the commands in mysite/mysite/ instead does work as expected.

It should be explicitly stated in the tutorial, that mysite/mysite/ is the project's root directory.
"	Cleanup/optimization	closed	Documentation	1.4	Normal	fixed	project root, root directory, translation, makemessages, compilemessages		Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0