I prefer Adam's suggestion in the forum post as it lets you namespace everything under your project name nicely and avoids package name collisions, although it doesn't solve the problem of having two directories with the same name by default.
That said, either would be an improvement on what we have so I'm in favour of either approach over doing nothing. Cheers, Tom On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 at 16:49, John M <john-dja...@martinhome.org.uk> wrote: > I do exactly this for every new Django project, so it's +1 from me as well. > > John > On 20/04/2022 12:01, da...@springbourne-tech.com wrote: > > +1 for me - this would be really useful. > > On Monday, April 18, 2022 at 9:02:02 PM UTC+1 pyt...@ian.feete.org wrote: > >> Hi Tim, >> >> This feels like a good idea to me. >> >> Regards, >> Ian >> >> On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 at 18:17, Tim Allen <fli...@peregrinesalon.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Greetings, friends! >>> >>> I've issued a PR that makes two changes to the `startproject` template: >>> >>> - instead of putting configuration files such >>> as `settings.py`, `wsgi.py`, and the >>> root `urls.py` in `my_project/my_project`, they are created >>> in `my_project/config` >>> - start the project with a custom User model app, `users` >>> >>> Over the years, I've taught or tutored over 100 Djangonauts starting >>> their first project. Having to distinguish between two directories with the >>> same name is a constant pain point in the teaching process - "cd into >>> my_project ... no, the other one!" >>> >>> - The `config` option seemed to be the consensus from this thread in >>> the forum: Django New Project Structure/Name - Using Django - Django >>> Forum (djangoproject.com) >>> >>> <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-new-project-structure-name/9987> >>> - Ticket: https://github.com/django/django/pull/15609 >>> >>> It is sometimes better to show rather than tell, so following our own >>> documentation and including a custom User model with the initial project >>> template reinforces the best practice that we explicitly point out in the >>> documentation. >>> >>> - Ticket: #27909 (Use AUTH_USER_MODEL in startproject template) – >>> Django (djangoproject.com) >>> <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/27909> >>> - Avoids ever having this come up again: >>> >>> https://www.caktusgroup.com/blog/2019/04/26/how-switch-custom-django-user-model-mid-project/ >>> >>> Here's a link to the PR: https://github.com/django/django/pull/15609 >>> >>> My apologies for not starting with a discussion first. I'm an infrequent >>> contributor to the Django codebase! >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Tim >>> >> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/33cb49d0-2469-47c0-920e-9501245c5a27n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/33cb49d0-2469-47c0-920e-9501245c5a27n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/a184bfc1-e3fb-4bd7-8378-292194e52595n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/a184bfc1-e3fb-4bd7-8378-292194e52595n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/ffb8a027-d5c7-53b4-1ea7-c9f687b8c80d%40martinhome.org.uk > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/ffb8a027-d5c7-53b4-1ea7-c9f687b8c80d%40martinhome.org.uk?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAHoz%3DMaFmJYbV2mgek4WivuBepJgt46d6cgcD-Vtp2MBspcFnA%40mail.gmail.com.
