django-cmd: Have a django command

Django includes the django-admin command. They prefer to not include multiple ways to do the same thing, but I really want to spell it django. I also wanted to be able to configure a default settings module in a configuration file.

Usage

pip install django-cmd
django startproject

Once installed, you can use the django command the same as you would normally use the django-admin command.

Replace manage.py

Did you know that the manage.py script is just a thin wrapper around the django-admin command? All the wrapper does is set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE so that it can load your settings and find any additional commands from your installed apps. With a tiny bit of configuration, you can use this django command in place of python manage.py!

In your pyproject.toml file, add a section like this to configure your default settings module:

[tool.django]
settings_module = "myproject.settings"

Or add a section like this to a setup.cfg file:

[django]
settings_module = myproject.settings

Now you can also use the django command everywhere you would normally use python manage.py:

django runserver
django migrate
django createsuperuser