Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of SplitSettings

Timestamp:

Jan 5, 2010, 6:48:18 AM (14 years ago)

Author:

Dimitris Glezos

Comment:

Add the multi-settings solution used by Transifex

SplitSettings

@@ -262 +262 @@
 # More development/maching specific settings
 }}}
+
+== Using a list of conf files (Transifex) ==
+
+[http://transifex.org/ Transifex] has adopted a solution using an ordered list of multiple `.conf` files inside a settings directory. This helps separating the config options, packaging in Linux distributions, and putting the settings files under `/etc`.
+
+{{{
+$ ls settings/
+
+10-base.conf
+20-engines.conf
+30-site.conf
+...
+
+$ cat settings.py
+
+import os.path
+import glob
+conffiles = glob.glob(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'settings', '*.conf'))
+conffiles.sort()
+for f in conffiles:
+    execfile(os.path.abspath(f))
+}}}
+
+To apply local-only changes, create a `XX-local.conf file`, which can be ignored with your VCS of choice:
+
+{{{
+$ cat settings/51-local.conf
+
+INSTALLED_APPS += ['debug_toolbar']
+
+$ cat .hgignore
+
+syntax: glob
+settings/*-local.conf
+}}}