How to reload modules in django shell?

Question

I am working with Django and use Django shell all the time. The annoying part is that while the Django server reloads on code changes, the shell does not, so every time I make a change to a method I am testing, I need to quit the shell and restart it, re-import all the modules I need, reinitialize all the variables I need etc. While iPython history saves a lot of typing on this, this is still a pain. Is there a way to make django shell auto-reload, the same way django development server does?

I know about reload(), but I import a lot of models and generally use from app.models import * syntax, so reload() is not much help.

Answer 1

I have tried following code. It's not working but I assume that it's close to working one. If anyone have idea how to improve it, please do.

EDIT Following code works, but I don't know why I have to exclude project from reloading. I don't feel very strong with Python importing/reloading )-:

import sys
MY_CODE_PATHS = ['/home/tomwys/dev/some_project/repository']
EXCLUDE = ['my_project_name']
def reload_all():
    for _, module in sys.modules.items():
       for path in MY_CODE_PATHS:
           if hasattr(module, '__file__') and module.__file__.startswith(path) and module.__name__ not in EXCLUDE:
               print "reloading %s" % module.__name__
               reload(module)

Answer 2

Reload() doesn't work in Django shell without some tricks. You can check this thread na and my answer specifically:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/890924/how-do-you-reload-a-django-model-module-using-the-interactive-interpreter-via-ma/3466579#3466579

Answer 3

It seems that the general consensus on this topic, is that python reload() sucks and there is no good way to do this.