Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of SplitSettings

Timestamp:

Oct 1, 2010, 11:04:53 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Antti Kaihola

Comment:

Added a refined method for importing local settings

SplitSettings

@@ -308 +308 @@
 == Accessing and modifying existing settings ==
 
-I ([http://djangopeople.net/akaihola Antti Kaihola]) have used the following solution to modify settings which are tuples or lists. This is handy e.g. when separating app-specific settings to their own files.
+I ([http://djangopeople.net/akaihola Antti Kaihola]) use the following solution for defining local settings. It provides access to the original settings while defining local settings. Note: this only works if you import from the base {{{settings.py}}} or {{{settings/__init__.py}}}.
+
+settings/__init__.py:
+{{{
+INSTALLED_APPS = ('whatever',)
+try:
+    from settings.local import *
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+}}}
+
+settings/local.py:
+{{{
+import sys
+globals().update(vars(sys.modules['settings']))
+
+INSTALLED_APPS += ('another_app',)
+}}}
+
+Older, clumsier methods I've used:
 
 settings.py: