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-rw-r--r--django/conf/__init__.py3
-rw-r--r--tests/settings_tests/tests.py21
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/django/conf/__init__.py b/django/conf/__init__.py
index 56d9ab21c9..e628af748c 100644
--- a/django/conf/__init__.py
+++ b/django/conf/__init__.py
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ class BaseSettings(object):
elif name == "ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS" and isinstance(value, six.string_types):
raise ValueError("The ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS setting must be set "
"to a tuple, not a string.")
+ elif name == "INSTALLED_APPS" and len(value) != len(set(value)):
+ raise ImproperlyConfigured("The INSTALLED_APPS setting must contain unique values.")
+
object.__setattr__(self, name, value)
diff --git a/tests/settings_tests/tests.py b/tests/settings_tests/tests.py
index 3673031447..4031d09a58 100644
--- a/tests/settings_tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/settings_tests/tests.py
@@ -226,6 +226,27 @@ class TestComplexSettingOverride(TestCase):
self.assertEqual('Overriding setting TEST_WARN can lead to unexpected behaviour.', str(w[-1].message))
+class UniqueSettngsTests(TestCase):
+ """
+ Tests for the INSTALLED_APPS setting.
+ """
+ settings_module = settings
+
+ def setUp(self):
+ self._installed_apps = self.settings_module.INSTALLED_APPS
+
+ def tearDown(self):
+ self.settings_module.INSTALLED_APPS = self._installed_apps
+
+ def test_unique(self):
+ """
+ An ImproperlyConfigured exception is raised if the INSTALLED_APPS contains
+ any duplicate strings.
+ """
+ with self.assertRaises(ImproperlyConfigured):
+ self.settings_module.INSTALLED_APPS = ("myApp1", "myApp1", "myApp2", "myApp3")
+
+
class TrailingSlashURLTests(TestCase):
"""
Tests for the MEDIA_URL and STATIC_URL settings.