#29768: Confusing error when AppConfig subclass's name is misspelled
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Reporter: Marten Kenbeek | Owner: (none)
Type: Cleanup/optimization | Status: new
Component: Error reporting | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 1
UI/UX: 0 |
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When you misspell the name of the AppConfig subclass in `INSTALLED_APPS`,
it currently retriggers the exception for importing the class as a
module[1]. This disregards that the mod_path (all but the last part of the
import string) is importable and defines an AppConfig subclass.
In my case, I had a config at `courses.apps.CoursesConfig`, and included
`'courses.apps.CourseConfig'` (no 's' in Courses) in `INSTALLED_APPS`.
I think we can provide a better error message when the mod_path
(`courses.apps`) is importable and has `AppConfig` subclasses, something
like "'courses.apps' does not have a class 'CourseConfig', did you mean
'CoursesConfig'?".
[1]
https://github.com/django/django/blob/0c20850774e1ba2f408745916e2279592999ee98/django/apps/config.py#L123
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