Ticket #583: settings.patch

django/conf/settings.py

@@ -44 +44 @@
             setting_value = (setting_value,) # In case the user forgot the comma.
         setattr(me, setting, setting_value)
 
+# Add templates/ directories from INSTALLED_APPS to TEMPLATE_DIRS,
+# [ Note -- There is a good reason i jump through these hoops, if the
+# original TEMPLATE_DIRS setting was a list-instance, we should keep it
+# that way. ]
+tds_type = type(me.TEMPLATE_DIRS)
+tds = list(me.TEMPLATE_DIRS)
+for app in me.INSTALLED_APPS:
+    m, a = app.rsplit('.', 1)
+    m = getattr(__import__(m, globals(), locals(), [a]), a)
+    app_root = os.path.dirname(m.__file__)
+    td = os.path.join(app_root, 'templates')
+    if os.path.isdir(td):
+        tds.append(td)
+me.TEMPLATE_DIRS = tds_type(tds)
+
 # save DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE in case anyone in the future cares
 me.SETTINGS_MODULE = os.environ.get(ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE, '')