manage.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
A thin wrapper around django-admin.py that takes care of two things for you before delegating to
django-admin.py
It puts your project package on sys.path.
It sets the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable so that it points to your project
settings.py file.
"""
import os
import sys

import bootstrap

if __name__ == '__main__':
    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'project.settings.dev')
    bootstrap.bootstrap()
    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)