WIth PyCharm, why is the PYTHONPATH when running a Django project different from when running the manage.py syncdb task?

Question

Shouldn't it be the same by default? If not, is there some way to fix this so that the same PYTHONPATH is used?

Answer 1

Did you select the right python install for your project in Settings > Python Interpreter?

Answer 2

This may not be the ideal solution, but it works, and comes courtesy of my boss.

Modify pycharm's django_manage.py, inserting the following code at the top, before all existing code. django_manage.py can be found at [PyCharm install directory]/helpers/pycharm/django_manage.py.

import site
import sys

# Add the locations missing from PYTHONPATH when running a manage.py task here.
ALLDIRS = [
    r'C:\git_repos\src\dev\common\py',
    r'C:\git_repos\src\dev\main_website',
]

# Remember original sys.path.

prev_sys_path = list(sys.path)

# Add each new site-packages directory.

for directory in ALLDIRS:
    site.addsitedir(directory)

# Reorder sys.path so new directories at the front.

new_sys_path = []
for item in list(sys.path):
    if item not in prev_sys_path:
        new_sys_path.append(item)
        sys.path.remove(item)
sys.path[:0] = new_sys_path