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15094	Convert STATICFILES_DIRS into a tuple if set as string	Elmar Athmer	nobody	"Hi

If you mistakenly set STATICFILES_DIRS as a string instead of a tuple (e.g. forgot the comma), findstatic et al raise an exception like
{{{
ValueError: The joined path (/css/main.css) is located outside of the base path component (/)
}}}
which is not very enlightening in this case.

Django core solves this for INSTALLED_APPS and TEMPLATE_DIRS nicely in {{{ django/conf/__init__.py }}} line 93ff. "		closed	contrib.staticfiles	dev		fixed			Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0