python - Django: where is settings.py looking for imports, and why? -
i have django app common directory structure: project ---manage.py ---app ---__init__.py ---settings.py ---settings_secret.py ---a bunch of other files app that settings_secret.py file contains variables secrets.py not want send github. reason, cannot seem import settings.py. first 5 lines of settings.py: # django settings project. debug = true template_debug = debug import os settings_secret import * which fails partial stacktrace: file "/foo/bar/project/app/settings.py", line 5, in <module> settings_secret import * importerror: no module named 'settings_secret' to debug, created test file inside /project/ so: from settings_secret import * print(variable_from_settings_secret) which worked charm. clearly, settings.py isn't looking in right place settings_secret. looking? in settings.py , should do: from .settings_secret import * it works . because proper syntax supposed be: from app.settings_secret import * r...