gistfile1.txt

# pseudo django project, the bare minimum
$ tree
.
├── manage.py
├── settings.py
├── setup.py
└── urls.py

# mae this a package
$ cat setup.py 
from setuptools import setup

setup(
    name='blossom',
    version='1',
    py_modules=['settings', 'urls']
)

# Install it, editable mode allows you to modify the code without reinstalling
$ pip install -e .

# Oh look, egg-info is there, it got installed
$ tree .
.
├── blossom.egg-info
│   ├── dependency_links.txt
│   ├── PKG-INFO
│   ├── SOURCES.txt
│   └── top_level.txt
├── manage.py
├── settings.py
├── setup.py
└── urls.py

# Let's see if sys.path got our new package
$ python -c 'import sys; print([_ for _ in sys.path if _.endswith("blossom")])'
['/home/bartek/workspace/blossom']

# Does importing settings work?
$ python -c 'import settings; print settings'
<module 'settings' from 'settings.pyc'>

# It does, because we were in the same dir, but will it work from another dir?
$ cd subdir
$ python -c 'import settings; print settings'
<module 'settings' from '/home/bartek/workspace/blossom/settings.pyc'>

# That's what we wanted!

$ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE='settings'
$ django-admin some_sub_command  #