Incorrect text in startproject command line help

[anonymous]

The command line help for startproject django-admin.py startproject --help is

  --template=TEMPLATE   The dotted import path to load the template from.

The directory need not to be importable and should not be dotted but a path with "/".

--- a/django/core/management/templates.py
+++ b/django/core/management/templates.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class TemplateCommand(BaseCommand):
     option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
         make_option('--template',
                     action='store', dest='template',
-                    help='The dotted import path to load the template from.'),
+                    help='The path or url to load the template from.'),
         make_option('--extension', '-e', dest='extensions',
                     action='append', default=['py'],
                     help='The file extension(s) to render (default: "py"). '

[Baptiste Mispelon]

Hi,

Thanks for the report, it does appear that the help text is incorrect.

For reference, here's the method where the project/app template handling happens: ​https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/django/core/management/templates.py#L187

As for your proposed correction, it looks good to me, though I would write "URL" instead of "url".

[n0nam3]

patch for ticket fix

[Baptiste Mispelon]

The patch looks good so I'm leaving it as "Ready for checkin" but next time you shouldn't mark your own patch as RFC.

See ​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets/#how-can-i-help-with-triaging.

Thanks.

[Claude Paroz]

Fixed in master [de8aa3a9a9098af35d5b56442c39dd2ed56b3299].

[anonymous]

I also made a pull request in Github. Should I have marked the patch as "Fixed on branch"? I'll close the pull request now that it's fixed.
Thanks.