#24150: collectstatic -- using django.conf.settings
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Reporter: abhillman | Owner: nobody
Type: Uncategorized | Status: new
Component: Uncategorized | Version: 1.7
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Description changed by abhillman:
Old description:
> Here is the help text for the collectstatic command:
>
> {{{
> $ ./manage.py collectstatic --help
> Usage: ./manage.py collectstatic [options]
>
> Collect static files in a single location.
>
> Options:
> -v VERBOSITY, --verbosity=VERBOSITY
> Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal
> output,
> 2=verbose output, 3=very verbose output
> --settings=SETTINGS The Python path to a settings module, e.g.
> "myproject.settings.main". If this isn't
> provided, the
> DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable will
> be
> used.
> --pythonpath=PYTHONPATH
> A directory to add to the Python path, e.g.
> "/home/djangoprojects/myproject".
> --traceback Raise on exception
> --no-color Don't colorize the command output.
> --noinput Do NOT prompt the user for input of any kind.
> --no-post-process Do NOT post process collected files.
> -i PATTERN, --ignore=PATTERN
> Ignore files or directories matching this glob-
> style
> pattern. Use multiple times to ignore more.
> -n, --dry-run Do everything except modify the filesystem.
> -c, --clear Clear the existing files using the storage before
> trying to copy or link the original file.
> -l, --link Create a symbolic link to each file instead of
> copying.
> --no-default-ignore Don't ignore the common private glob-style
> patterns
> 'CVS', '.*' and '*~'.
> --version show program's version number and exit
> -h, --help show this help message and exit
> }}}
>
> Clearly mentioned is a {{{--settings}}} flag, which takes a path to a
> django settings file. Supposing, however, that we want to run
> collectstatic from a script and want to dynamically modify our settings
> file. For example, something like
>
> {{{
> from django.conf import settings
> from django.core.management import ManagementUtility
>
> settings.USE_S3 = False
> m = ManagementUtility(['', 'collectstatic'])
> m.execute()
> }}}
>
> The command instead uses the settings specified at the shell variable
> {{{DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE}}} instead of the dynamic settings. Kind of
> pesky to have to create a separate settings file to get control of this
> sort of thing.
>
> Could also be part of a larger problem -- that collectstatic cannot
> (easily) be used without the {{{ManagementUtility}}} command. For
> example:
>
> {{{
> from django.conf import settings
> from django.core.management import ManagementUtility
>
> m = ManagementUtility(['', 'collectstatic'])
> collectstatic = m.fetch_command('collectstatic')
> }}}
>
> returns an error:
>
> {{{
> In [70]: collectstatic.collect()
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> AttributeError Traceback (most recent call
> last)
> <ipython-input-70-d17fba11a87b> in <module>()
> ----> 1 collectstatic.collect()
>
> /.../python2.7/site-
> packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.pyc
> in collect(self)
> 83 Split off from handle_noargs() to facilitate testing.
> 84 """
> ---> 85 if self.symlink and not self.local:
> 86 raise CommandError("Can't symlink to a remote
> destination.")
> 87
>
> AttributeError: 'Command' object has no attribute 'symlink'
> }}}
New description:
Here is the help text for the collectstatic command:
{{{
$ ./manage.py collectstatic --help
Usage: ./manage.py collectstatic [options]
Collect static files in a single location.
Options:
-v VERBOSITY, --verbosity=VERBOSITY
Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal
output,
2=verbose output, 3=very verbose output
--settings=SETTINGS The Python path to a settings module, e.g.
"myproject.settings.main". If this isn't provided,
the
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable will
be
used.
--pythonpath=PYTHONPATH
A directory to add to the Python path, e.g.
"/home/djangoprojects/myproject".
--traceback Raise on exception
--no-color Don't colorize the command output.
--noinput Do NOT prompt the user for input of any kind.
--no-post-process Do NOT post process collected files.
-i PATTERN, --ignore=PATTERN
Ignore files or directories matching this glob-
style
pattern. Use multiple times to ignore more.
-n, --dry-run Do everything except modify the filesystem.
-c, --clear Clear the existing files using the storage before
trying to copy or link the original file.
-l, --link Create a symbolic link to each file instead of
copying.
--no-default-ignore Don't ignore the common private glob-style
patterns
'CVS', '.*' and '*~'.
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
}}}
Clearly mentioned is a {{{--settings}}} flag, which takes a path to a
django settings file. Supposing, however, that we want to run
collectstatic from a script and want to dynamically modify our settings
file. For example, something like
{{{
from django.conf import settings
from django.core.management import ManagementUtility
settings.USE_S3 = False
m = ManagementUtility(['', 'collectstatic'])
m.execute()
}}}
The command instead uses the settings specified at the shell variable
{{{DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE}}} instead of the dynamic settings. Kind of
pesky to have to create a separate settings file to get control of this
sort of thing.
Could also be part of a larger problem -- that collectstatic cannot
(easily) be used without the {{{ManagementUtility}}} command. Perhaps the
core functionality of {{{collectstatic}}} should be factored out of its
management command. For example:
{{{
from django.conf import settings
from django.core.management import ManagementUtility
m = ManagementUtility(['', 'collectstatic'])
collectstatic = m.fetch_command('collectstatic')
}}}
returns an error:
{{{
In [70]: collectstatic.collect()
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError Traceback (most recent call
last)
<ipython-input-70-d17fba11a87b> in <module>()
----> 1 collectstatic.collect()
/.../python2.7/site-
packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.pyc
in collect(self)
83 Split off from handle_noargs() to facilitate testing.
84 """
---> 85 if self.symlink and not self.local:
86 raise CommandError("Can't symlink to a remote
destination.")
87
AttributeError: 'Command' object has no attribute 'symlink'
}}}
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