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34906	Need help with makemigrations	Prasad Rao	nobody	"I have a codebase that was developed a while back and I am having some difficulty bringing it back to life. It might be that I am a bit rusty and this is really simple:

The repo is https://github.com/gprlearn/appregister

I ran ""python manage.py makemigrations"" and I get the following error:
{{{
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py"", line 323, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py"", line 361, in execute
    self.check()
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py"", line 387, in check
    all_issues = self._run_checks(
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py"", line 377, in _run_checks
    return checks.run_checks(**kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\core\checks\registry.py"", line 72, in run_checks
    new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\core\checks\translation.py"", line 17, in check_setting_language_code
    if not language_code_re.match(settings.LANGUAGE_CODE):
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py"", line 79, in __getattr__
    self._setup(name)
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py"", line 66, in _setup
    self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py"", line 157, in __init__
    mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib\__init__.py"", line 90, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 1381, in _gcd_import
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 1354, in _find_and_load
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 1318, in _find_and_load_unlocked
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'djangoproject.settings'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\appregister\manage.py"", line 21, in <module>
    main()
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\appregister\manage.py"", line 17, in main
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py"", line 381, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py"", line 375, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py"", line 336, in run_from_argv
    connections.close_all()
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\db\utils.py"", line 219, in close_all
    for alias in self:
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\db\utils.py"", line 213, in __iter__
    return iter(self.databases)
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py"", line 80, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\db\utils.py"", line 147, in databases
    self._databases = settings.DATABASES
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py"", line 79, in __getattr__
    self._setup(name)
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py"", line 66, in _setup
    self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""C:\Users\prao5\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py"", line 157, in __init__
    mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib\__init__.py"", line 90, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 1381, in _gcd_import
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 1354, in _find_and_load
  File ""<frozen importlib._bootstrap>"", line 1318, in _find_and_load_unlocked
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'djangoproject.settings'
}}}"	Uncategorized	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	4.2	Normal	invalid			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0