shameless plug http://www.wtflab.com/tech/2008/jul/01/developed-directory-structure/ http://www.wtflab.com/tech/2008/jul/05/making-django-version-control-friendly/
On Sep 5, 4:18 pm, Jeff FW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sep 5, 12:28 pm, Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 07:09 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > > [...] > > > > anyway, putting settings.py under version control is tantamount to > > > suicide, > > > I'm sorry, but this is just very bad advice. It's very standard practice > > to version control as much as possible in many organisations. It helps > > with audits as to what was rolled out when and ensures the right > > settings are matched to the right code. > > > Regards, > > Malcolm > > The way I've always handled this (and this is totally language > independent--I use it in PHP a lot [ugh])--is to make use of > subversion's "svn:ignore" property. > > First, edit the property of the directory where your settings.py file > lives: > svn propedit svn:ignore my_project > In there, add a line with just: > settings.py > and save it. > > Then, copy your settings file to something like > "settings.py.template", and svn add it. In that file, put some sane/ > useful defaults, then commit. Now, anytime you check out a new copy, > settings.py.template will get pulled in, but settings.py won't, so > just copy settings.py.template to settings.py, and make any local > changes. Since the svn:ignore property is set, your settings.py file > will never get overwritten (by subversion, at least). > > As long as you're careful to put any new settings in the template > file, this is a great way of keeping track of your settings, without > having to worry about overwriting your production environment's > settings (something none of us have ever done, right?) > > -Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
