Removing pycache files from Django project

Question

Recently I have tried cloning my production code to a different pc. Then I have connected my project to a blank DB and run the command python manage.py makemigrations and after that, I can see that my migrations folder was updated with some __pycache__ files. URL: /folder/app/migrations/pycache I know that the migrations files are very important but here the problem is the production DB contains data and the DB in that different PC is empty. I think if I push these __pycache__ files to the production it might create conflict.

My idea is not to push these pycache files(/folder/app/migrations/pycache) into my production environment and ignore them using the gitignore(as I am using git for version control).

Am I doing the right thing?

and Should/can I gitignore all the __pycache__ files from the project.

Have a look [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/60954832/6759844) for a way to delete those — Brian Destura, Aug 11 '21 at 07:22

Sabil · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-12T06:27:43.730

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Add below line in your .gitignore file to avoid Byte Compiled File in Python

**/__pycache__
*.pyc

Please make sure that your folders not already tracked.

edited Aug 12 '21 at 06:27

answered Aug 11 '21 at 06:57

Sabil

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will removing/not including `__pycache__` files in the codebase can create errors? – web_codr Aug 11 '21 at 07:17
Not at all. It will not create any kind of issue. – Sabil Aug 11 '21 at 07:18

Removing pycache files from Django project

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