Changes between Version 21 and Version 22 of SplitSettings

Timestamp:

Dec 24, 2011, 4:55:16 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

daenney

Comment:

add another method to work with local settings

SplitSettings

@@ -571 +571 @@
 
 [http://tech.yipit.com/author/adam-nelson/ Adam Nelson] from [http://yipit.com/ Yipit] blogged about their method of managing Django settings. See [http://tech.yipit.com/2011/11/02/django-settings-what-to-do-about-settings-py/ Extending Django Settings for the Real World]. TODO: summarize the blog post here.
+
+== Rob Golding's method ==
+Rob Golding posted on his blog how he solved this issue. It's a bit of a hack really but it works nicely and allows you to override or extend anything in {{{settings.py}}}.
+
+Add this to the bottom of {{{settings.py}}}:
+{{{
+#!python
+try:
+    LOCAL_SETTINGS
+except NameError:
+    try:
+        from local_settings import *
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+}}}
+
+Now create a {{{local_settings.py}}} with the following:
+{{{
+#!python
+LOCAL_SETTINGS = True
+from settings import *
+}}}
+
+You can now add things to {{{local_settings.py}}} like this:
+{{{
+#!python
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES +=
+('debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',)
+INTERNAL_IPS = ('127.0.0.1',)
+INSTALLED_APPS += ('debug_toolbar',)
+}}}
+
+This does however have the drawback of {{{settings.py}}} being parsed twice but that shouldn't cause any sort of mention worthy performance loss.