I have a common settings.py file which starts with: ROOT_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) configs = { '/path/to/my/local/dev/folder'

I have a common settings.py file which starts with: ROOT_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) configs = { '/path/to/my/local/dev/folder': 'alex', '/var/www/www.mywebsite.com/test/private/django/mywebsite': 'test', '/var/www/www.mywebsite.com/prod/private/django/mywebsite': 'prod' } config_module = __import__('config.%s' % configs[ROOT_PATH], globals(), locals(), 'mywebsite') for setting in dir(config_module): if setting == setting.upper(): locals()[setting] = getattr(config_module, setting) Then I have alex.py, prod.py and test.py all in a config subfolder. All under version control, with my settings.py automatically choosing the right environment based on where it's deployed to.