settings stuff

manifests/settings.py

@@ -63,8 +63,23 @@ MEDIA_URL = '/static/'
 # Examples: "http://foo.com/media/", "/media/".
 ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/media/'
 
-# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
+# Make this unique, creates random key first at first time.
-SECRET_KEY = '#7w*kxhnvpvq)v0fj(%1+rqphvzmjp%i9xfi=4&%*3!*&(b#v2'
+try:
+    SECRET_KEY
+except NameError:
+    SECRET_FILE = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'secret.txt')
+    try:
+        SECRET_KEY = open(SECRET_FILE).read().strip()
+    except IOError:
+        try:
+            from random import choice
+            SECRET_KEY = ''.join([choice('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789!@#$%^&*(-_=+)') for i in range(50)])
+            secret = file(SECRET_FILE, 'w')
+            secret.write(SECRET_KEY)
+            secret.close()
+        except IOError:
+            Exception('Please create a %s file with random characters to generate your secret key!' % SECRET_FILE)
+
 
 # List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
 TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
@@ -102,3 +117,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
     'django.contrib.admindocs',
 )
+
+try:
+    import local_settings
+except:
+    pass