Ordering of directories listed in STATICFILES_DIRS is not preserved

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Ordering of directories listed in STATICFILES_DIRS is not preserved

zbyte64 opened this issue 13 years ago · comments

When the directories are loaded into the FileSystemFinder object, it adds it to a set which does not preserve the order in which they are added. Consequently, when looking for files in the FileSystemFinder class, they are not necessarily looked up in the order specified in the settings file. If two directories listed in STATICFILES_DIRS contain the same file, it is not obvious to the programmer which will be chosen and there is no easy way for the programmer to specify (inherit filesystemfinder and overide in the settings seems to be the only way). I know that in the past this was not the case.

Jannis Leidel · Answer 1 · Tue Feb 01 2011 16:46:48 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Ah, good catch, indeed.

Jannis Leidel · Answer 2 · Wed Feb 02 2011 04:05:32 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Preserve order of STATICFILES_DIRS locations. Closed by 37d4996. Thanks, zbyte64.