自定义Django命令的自定义位置

Question

In my Django project I have multiple apps and would like to add custom Command which is general ( populate_db ) to all apps. However, Django seems to be registering custom commands only from the INSTALLED_APPS locations (ie you must place management folder within a folder of an app).

Is there a way to place management folder in project_folder . Here is the desired dir structure:

.
├── __init__.py
├── app_1
|   ├── admin.py
|   └── ...
├── app_2
|   ├── admin.py
|   └── ...
├── project_folder
|   ├── settings.py
|   └── management
|       ├── __init__.py
|       └── commands
|           ├── __init__.py
|           └── populate_db.py    
└── manage.py

Answer 1

Django only looks for management commands in management/commands for your installed apps. There isn't another way to register them.

In your case, you could add project_folder to your INSTALLED_APPS , and Django should find your management command.

Another common approach is to create an app called 'core' or 'main' , which includes utilities which are for the entire project like your populate_db management command.