Django finds tests but fail to import them

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I am getting weird errors, where a call to `./manage.py test` will find my tests but complain that they cannot be imported. Versions Python 3.4 Django 1.7b4 My file structure looks like this (just the relevant bits): ``` inkasso ├── db.sqlite3 ├── functional_tests │ ├── base.py │ ├── base.pyc │ ├── __init__.py │ ├── __init__.pyc │ ├── __pycache__ │ ├── test_login.py │ └── test_login.pyc ├── __init__.py ├── inkasso │ ├── __init__.py │ ├── __init__.pyc │ ├── migrations │ ├── models.py │ ├── settings.py │ ├── settings.pyc │ ├── urls.py │ └── wsgi.py ├── manage.py ├── static │ ├── ... ├── templates │ ├── ... └── web ├── admins.py ├── tests │ ├── __init__.py │ ├── test_forms.py │ ├── test_models.py │ └── test_views.py ├── urls.py └── views.py ``` The stack-trace So when I run `./manage.py test` I get the following stak-trace: ``` $ ./manage.py test Creating test database for alias 'default'... EEEE ====================================================================== ERROR: inkasso.functi…

Accepted Answer

Yeah... there's a problem with running `./manage.py`, in that it adds the current directory to the PYTHONPATH.

This problem happens when you put an `__init__.py` inside the root folder.

One solution would be, in this case, to never use `manage.py`, but only `django-admin.py <commands> --settings=inkasso.inkasso.settings` - of course, this assumes either that when running this command, you're one level up, outside your root folder `inkasso`, or you have your main package installed in `site-packages`.

For example, if the complete path to your `settings.py` file is `/home/user/projects/inkasso/inkasso/settings.py`, you need to be in `/home/user/projects` when running this command.

If however you've got your package installed inside your site-packages, the above restriction changes: you can be anywhere except `/home/user/projects/inkasso` or any of its subfolders or so on.

Another solution is to edit your `manage.py` file to add this line:

```
if __name__ =='__main__': #line already present
    #this will make the python interpreter see your packages as inkasso.inkasso.whatever
    os.chdir('..')  # <<<---This is what you want to add

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "mvod.dev_settings")
    ....
```

Django finds tests but fail to import them

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