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25784	help on collect_static fails if no STATIC_ROOT is defined	Rapolas K.	Alex Morozov	I wanted to read what collect_static command does and typed: ./manage.py help collect_static. Instead of seeing the help text, I got ImproperlyConfigured exception about attempt to use collect_static with missing STATIC_ROOT setting. I don't think trying to read help text should raise an exception. I've tried with 1.8.6 and 1.9rc1 versions.	Cleanup/optimization	closed	contrib.staticfiles	dev	Normal	fixed			Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	1	0