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 17099 startapp command still mistakenly assumes apps are only created in project Preston Holmes Carl Meyer "changes made in r16964, https://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/16964#file5 remove the requirement to create apps inside the project. But this line: https://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/tags/releases/1.3/django/core/management/commands/startapp.py#L25 so attempting to so something like {{{ mkdir foo cd foo django-admin.py startproject fred django-admin.py startapp foo }}} will result in: Error: You cannot create an app with the same name ('foo') as your project. " Bug closed Core (Management commands) dev Normal fixed Accepted 0 0 0 0 1 0