Ticket #15094: staticfiles_dirs_to_tuple.diff

django/contrib/staticfiles/finders.py

@@ -47 +47 @@
         self.storages = SortedDict()
         # Set of locations with static files
         self.locations = set()
-        for root in settings.STATICFILES_DIRS:
+
+        # staticfiles_dirs should be converted into tuple if mistakenly
+        # entered as string (i.e. user forgot the comma)
+        staticfiles_dirs = (settings.STATICFILES_DIRS,) if type(
+                settings.STATICFILES_DIRS) == str else settings.STATICFILES_DIRS
+
+        for root in staticfiles_dirs:
             if isinstance(root, (list, tuple)):
                 prefix, root = root
             else: