From c1158583dd6bc5ec0a5f4aaf953f5d5bf30152f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Roelli <charles@adnoto.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:10:50 +0200
Subject: Remove output-directory setting which duplicates STATIC_ROOT

---
 README.md                                |  4 ----
 src/hatch_django_collectstatic/plugin.py | 29 ++++++++---------------------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53a8253..a0d8b2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ settings = "my_django_package.project.settings"
 # Default value of require-runtime-dependencies = false
 # require-runtime-dependencies = true
 
-# Output directory where static files are collected in the target.
-# Default value of output-directory = "static"
-# output-directory = "custom-static-directory"
-
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.shared-data]
 # Mapping from output directory to the distribution path.  The
 # following configuration will place the files in the .data directory
diff --git a/src/hatch_django_collectstatic/plugin.py b/src/hatch_django_collectstatic/plugin.py
index ec3c4dd..f8bf759 100644
--- a/src/hatch_django_collectstatic/plugin.py
+++ b/src/hatch_django_collectstatic/plugin.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import importlib
+import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import django.core.management
+
 from django import setup
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.management.commands.collectstatic import Command
 from hatchling.builders.hooks.plugin.interface import BuildHookInterface
@@ -11,25 +13,10 @@ class DjangoCollectstaticBuildHook(BuildHookInterface):
     PLUGIN_NAME = "django-collectstatic"
 
     def initialize(self, version, build_data):
-        from django.conf import settings
-
-        sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(self.root) / "src"))
-        project_settings = importlib.import_module(self.config["settings"])
-
-        settings.configure(
-            INSTALLED_APPS=project_settings.INSTALLED_APPS,
-            STATIC_ROOT=self.config.get("output-directory", "static"),
-            STATIC_URL=project_settings.STATIC_URL,
+        sys.path.extend(
+            str(Path(package).parent)
+            for package in self.build_config.default_packages()
         )
+        os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = self.config["settings"]
         setup()
-        collectstatic_command = Command()
-        collectstatic_command.handle(
-            interactive=False,
-            verbosity=1,
-            link=False,
-            clear=False,
-            dry_run=False,
-            ignore_patterns=[],
-            use_default_ignore_patterns=True,
-            post_process=True,
-        )
+        django.core.management.call_command(Command())
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