Django Toolbelt

This repository keeps all of my Django tricks in one place.

It's just a little bit of kit that makes me a wee bit faster.

Preliminary Steps

I've established that it saves me a lot of time if I add the following to my bash profile.

First, it's nice to see if the directory I'm in is a git repository. If it is, I like to know what branch I'm on. Now, I'm sure there are better ways to go about this, but this works alright for me.

function parse_git_branch_and_add_brackets {
  echo -e "$(git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e "s/* \(.*\)/\(\1\: $(parse_git_dirty)\)/")"
}


GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN=$'✓'
GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY=$'δ'

parse_git_dirty() {
  local SUBMODULE_SYNTAX=''
  local GIT_STATUS=''
  local CLEAN_MESSAGE='nothing to commit (working directory clean)'
  if [[ "$(git config --get oh-my-zsh.hide-status)" != "1" ]]; then
    if [[ $POST_1_7_2_GIT -gt 0 ]]; then
          SUBMODULE_SYNTAX="--ignore-submodules=dirty"
    fi
    if [[ "$DISABLE_UNTRACKED_FILES_DIRTY" != "true" ]]; then
        GIT_STATUS=$(git status -s ${SUBMODULE_SYNTAX} 2> /dev/null | tail -n1)
    else
        GIT_STATUS=$(git status -s ${SUBMODULE_SYNTAX} -uno 2> /dev/null | tail -n1)
    fi
    if [[ -n $(git status -s ${SUBMODULE_SYNTAX} -uno  2> /dev/null) ]]; then
      echo -e "$GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY"
    else
      echo -e "$GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN"
    fi
  else
    echo -e "$GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN"
  fi
}

Then, somewhere along the line, you'll want to add $(parse_git_branch_and_add_brackets) to your PS1 variable.

Second, I find I like to have my Python environments initialized automatically. I don't have any idea what you clowns call your environment folder, I call mine env. Season to your wacky taste. I set $h_c and $v_c to something beautiful.

_virtualenv_auto_activate() {
    if [ -e "env" ]; then
        # Check to see if already activated to avoid redundant activating
        if [ "$VIRTUAL_ENV" != "$(pwd -P)/env" ]; then
            _VENV_NAME="$(basename `pwd`)"
            echo Activating virtualenv \"$_VENV_NAME\"...
            VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT=1
            source env/bin/activate
            _OLD_VIRTUAL_PS1="$PS1"
            PS1="$h_c [ $v_c$_VENV_NAME$h_c ]$PS1"
            export PS1
        fi
     else
         if [ "$VIRTUAL_ENV" != "" ]; then
             echo deactivating VirtualEnv
             deactivate
         fi
    fi
}

Finally, add;

export PROMPT_COMMAND=_virtualenv_auto_activate

somewhere and hope nothing breaks.

Getting Started

1. clone this repository
2. update your setup.sh script's PROJECT variable to...
3. run setup.sh
4. change your git remote to something else, dammit.

Next Steps

To really utilize this little wingdinger to it's fullest potential, I find it's ideal to have a bash function in your .bashrc that reads something like...

function django() {
    _FILE="/tmp/django-toolbelt-master.zip"
    _DIR="/tmp/django-toolbelt-master"

    pushd /tmp
    rm $_FILE;
    rm -r $_DIR;
    curl -L https://github.com/pnovotnak/django-toolbelt/archive/master.zip \
        > $_FILE;
    unzip $_FILE;
    popd

    mv $_DIR "$(pwd)/$1";
    cd $1

    $EDITOR ./setup.sh
    ./setup.sh
}

Then, by typing django <project folder> you get a whole Django project set up for you in short order.