Hide password when checking config file in git [duplicate]

Question

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Hi,

I would like to hide

DATABASE_NAME = ''
DATABASE_USER = ''
DATABASE_PASSWORD = ''
DATABASE_HOST = '' 

Line 13 to 17 of the default Django settings.py file when checking it in github.

I still want to check it in tho, because I am adding modifications from time to time. I just want these four lines to always be set to empty.

Answer 1

You could also have an extra settings file which holds passwords and just import them in your main settings.py

For example:

settings.py

DATABASE_PASSWORD = ''

try:
   from dev_settings import *
except ImportError:
   pass

dev_settings.py

DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'mypassword'

And keep dev_settings.py out of revision control.