The fixture documentation tells nowhere that you can (should?) use FIXTURE_DIRS in your settings.py

[anonymous]

On this page ​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/howto/initial-data/, that I believe, is the first documentation you should read about fixtures, there isn't any mention of the FIXTURE_DIRS tuple that can (should? I didn't managed to make fixtures works without it) be set in the settings.py.

[Julien Phalip]

FIXTURE_DIRS is for fixtures that live outside of apps. It should indeed be documented on that page.

[Christopher Medrela]

I've sent another version, in my opinion slightly better.

[Aymeric Augustin]

In [17558]:

Fixed #17166 -- Documented how FIXTURE_DIRS works in the inital data how-to, and edited related bits in the settings reference.

Performed minor edits for consistency while I was there.

[Aymeric Augustin]

In [17559]:

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