Django manage.py do not show commands of an app

Question

I'm using Django 1.4 and have a project similar to the following:

project/
    __init__.py
    app1/
        __init__.py
        models.py
        views.py
        management/
            __init__.py
            commands/
                __init__.py
                ...many commands...
        test/
            __init__.py
            ...many tests...
    app2/
        __init__.py
        models.py
        management/
            __init__.py
            commands/
                __init__.py
                ...many commands...
        test/
            __init__.py
            ...many tests...

where models.py of app2 is an empty file, and both app1 and app2 are listed in INSTALLED_APPS. The problem is that when i run

python manage.py --help

the commands of app1 appears as:

[app1]
command1
command2
...
commandsn

but not those of app2 as if there's no installed app2. And if try to run a command of app2 named app2command it complains Unknown command: 'app2command'. But the tests for both apps can be run, in particular

python manage.py test app2

goes good. Is the problem the fact that app2 has no models?

You don't need models, but you do (at least until 1.7) need an empty models.py file in your app. You do show it above, but can you confirm that you actually have one? — Daniel Roseman, Aug 26 '14 at 11:45

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '14 at 12:43

4

I have just realized that I have a local settings which overrides INSTALLED_APPS. In settings.py the INSTALLED_APPS contains both app1 and app2 while in local settings app2 was not there.

answered Aug 26 '14 at 12:43

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