Django snippets: local_settings override for project settings

local_settings override for project settings

try:
    from local_settings import *
except ImportError, exp:
    pass

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Place this snippet at the bottom of your settings.py file, and if a local_settings.py file is present in the directory, all settings in that file will override those in settings.py

Author:: Magus
Posted:: March 13, 2008
Language:: Python
Django Version:: .96
Tags:: settings
Score:: 10 (after 10 ratings)

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tenni (on March 13, 2008):

I love this snippet and have actually been using it for a while now… before it's posting here!

I first heard about it when Michael Trier mentioned it, saying that Magus suggested it in the IRC.

Thanks Magus, great timesaver.

bjornkri (on March 13, 2008):

Ah, that's perfect! Much more elegant than my method... which is too embarrassing to mention here.