Ticket #3147: path_files.diff

File path_files.diff, 1.7 KB (added by Waylan Limberg <waylan@…>, 18 years ago)

Add explanation and example of path files to docs.

  • docs/contributing.txt

     
    438438location of the branch's ``django`` package. If you want to switch back, just
    439439change the symlink to point to the old code.
    440440
     441A third option is to use a `path file`_ (``<something>.pth``) which should work on most any system (including MS Windows). First, make sure there are no files, directories or symlinks named ``django`` in your ``site-packages`` directory. Then create a text file named ``django.pth`` and save it to your ``site-packages`` directory. That file should contain a path to your copy of Django on a single line and optional comments. Here is an example that points to multiple branches. Just uncomment the line for the branch you want to use ('Trunk' in this example) and make sure all other lines are commented:
     442
     443    # Trunk is a svn checkout of:
     444    #   http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/
     445    #
     446    /path/to/trunk
     447   
     448    # <branch> is a svn checkout of:
     449    #   http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/<branch>/
     450    #
     451    #/path/to/<branch>
     452   
     453    # On windows a path may look like this:
     454    # C:/path/to/<branch>
     455
    441456If you're using Django 0.95 or earlier and installed it using
    442457``python setup.py install``, you'll have a directory called something like
    443458``Django-0.95-py2.4.egg`` instead of ``django``. In this case, edit the file
     
    445460file. Then copy the branch's version of the ``django`` directory into
    446461``site-packages``.
    447462
     463.. _path file: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-site.html
     464
    448465Official releases
    449466=================
    450467
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