#26975: Unclear documentation: use of paths with loaddata
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Reporter: ancientHacker | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Documentation | Version: 1.9
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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Changes (by ancientHacker):
* needs_docs: => 0
* needs_tests: => 0
* needs_better_patch: => 0
Old description:
> The howto on fixtures [1] states that providing a path to loaddata
> overrides the usual search, but in fact this is only true of an absolute
> path. Relative paths to fixture files can be used to namespace them as
> with templates and static files.
>
> I suggest that the docs be updated to clarify this point about paths and
> to add namespacing advice for fixture files analogous to that for
> templates [2] and static files [3]. I have prepared a pull request [4]
> with a suggested fix.
>
> References: \\
> [1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/initial-data/#where-
> django-finds-fixture-files \\
> [2] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/static-files
> /#configuring-static-files \\
> [3] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/intro/tutorial03/ \\
> [4] https://github.com/django/django/pull/6996
New description:
The howto on fixtures [1] states that providing a path to loaddata
overrides the usual search, but in fact this is only true of an absolute
path. Relative paths to fixture files can be used to namespace them as
with templates and static files.
I suggest that the docs be updated to clarify this point about paths and
to add namespacing advice for fixture files analogous to that for
templates [2] and static files [3]. I have prepared a pull request [4]
with a suggested fix.
References: \\
[1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/initial-data/#where-
django-finds-fixture-files \\
[2] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/intro/tutorial03/ \\
[3] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/howto/static-files/#configuring-
static-files \\
[4] https://github.com/django/django/pull/6996
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