Support disabling automatic Django static asset generation #109
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The classic Heroku Python buildpack automatically runs the Django `collectstatic` command: https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-python/blob/main/bin/steps/collectstatic This adds equivalent support, with a couple of improvements: - This implementation performs more checks to see whether the app is actually using the static files feature before trying to run it (reducing the number of cases where users would need to manually disable it). - The collectstatic symlink feature has been enabled, as requested in heroku/heroku-buildpack-python#1060. - Symlinked `manage.py` files are now supported, as requested in heroku/heroku-buildpack-python#972. - The error messages are finer grained/more useful. - There are many more tests (including now testing legacy vs latest Django versions, to check the CLI arguments used work for both ends of the spectrum). There is currently no way to force disable the feature (beyond removing `django.contrib.staticfiles` from `INSTALLED_APPS` in the app's Django config, or removing the `manage.py` script). Supporting this depends on us deciding how best to handle buildpack options, so will be added later, in #109. The build log output and error messages are fairly reasonable already (and a significant improvement over the classic buildpack), and will be further polished as part of the future build output overhaul. The implementation uses the new `utils::run_command_and_capture_output` added in #106. See: * https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/static-files/ * https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/contrib/staticfiles/ * https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#settings-staticfiles Fixes #5. GUS-W-9538294.
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Automatic Django static asset generation (running the
manage.py collectstaticcommand) was added in #108.At the moment there is no way to force disable the feature (beyond removing
django.contrib.staticfilesfromINSTALLED_APPSin the app's Django config, or removing themanage.pyscript), whereas the classic Python buildpack allows disabling it usingDISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC=1.That said, the new implementation performs more thorough checks to see whether the app is using the static files feature, so between that and a few other improvements (like now passing env vars to the subprocess), there should be fewer cases where the feature needs manually disabling.
Some scenarios in which the ability to disable might be needed:
If we decide we should still add support for disabling automatic Django static asset generation, then we should probably use config options in
project.tomlrather than env vars (to encourage infrastructure as code). However, this depends on us figuring out a convention there for all of our buildpacks.Either way, we'll also need to add deprecation (or error) messages if
DISABLE_COLLECTSTATICis set (or if.heroku/collectstatic_disabledexists), to warn that it no longer does anything (for people migrating from the classic buildpack).GUS-W-14109400.
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