Opened 5 weeks ago

Last modified 3 weeks ago

#36533 assigned Bug

manage.py startapp <name> <directory> fails to create new app

Reported by: Kenneth Love Owned by: jefferies917
Component: Core (Management commands) Version: 5.2
Severity: Normal Keywords: startapp
Cc: Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: yes
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

Current 5.2 documentation says that manage.py startapp name destination should create a new app in the destination directory. This _does_ work with django-admin but fails with manage.py.

Steps to reproduce

  • Create a new virtual environment with uv venv
  • Install Django with uv pip install django
  • Create a new Django project with uv run django-admin startproject example_project
  • cd into example_project
  • Create a new destination directory with mkdir destination
  • Create a new app in the destination directory with uv run manage.py startapp example destination
  • Get the error: CommandError: 'destination' conflicts with the name of an existing Python module and cannot be used as an app directory. Please try another directory.

Expectation

A new Django app named example would be created in the destination directory.

Change History (5)

comment:1 by Sarah Boyce, 5 weeks ago

Triage Stage: UnreviewedAccepted

comment:2 by Mridul, 5 weeks ago

Hi everyone,
I am a new contributor to Django. I have recently resolved an easy pickings bug ticket and am looking for my next ticket to work on. I came across this ticket and it seems like an interesting issue to work on. Before beginning, I wanted to check whether this would be a suitable task for someone at my stage. I am still getting familiar with the codebase, but I am willing to put in the time to understand the issue thoroughly and work through and involved complexity.

Would this be a good ticket for me to work on, or would you recommend looking for something else?
Thanks in advance for the guidance

comment:3 by jefferies917, 4 weeks ago

Has patch: set
Owner: set to jefferies917
Status: newassigned

comment:4 by Sarah Boyce, 4 weeks ago

Patch needs improvement: set

comment:5 by suhail vs, 3 weeks ago

I think this is the expected behaviour, since you already created the directory destination
so you must remove the directory destination before running the startapp command.

Last edited 3 weeks ago by suhail vs (previous) (diff)
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