title: Cant start new app in django when I split settings.py file
body: <p>I splited my <code>settings.py</code> like this:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code># __init__.py
  from .base import *  # noqa
  
  try:
      from .local_settings import *  # noqa
  except ImportError:
      message = 'ERROR: Unable to import local_settings. Make sure it exists.'
      raise ImportError(message)
  
  </code></pre>
  
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code># base.py
  """
  Django settings for app project.
  
  Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.0.4.
  
  For more information on this file, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/settings/
  
  For the full list of settings and their values, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/
  """
  
  import os
  
  # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
  BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
  
  # Add the apps folder to python path
  os.sys.path.append(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'apps'))
  
  
  # Application definition
  
  INSTALLED_APPS = [
      'django.contrib.admin',
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',
  ]
  
  MIDDLEWARE = [
      'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
  ]
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'app.urls'
  
  TEMPLATES = [
      {
          'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
          'DIRS': [],
          'APP_DIRS': True,
          'OPTIONS': {
              'context_processors': [
                  'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                  'django.template.context_processors.request',
                  'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                  'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
              ],
          },
      },
  ]
  
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'app.wsgi.application'
  
  
  # Password validation
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
  
  AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
      },
  ]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code># local_settings.py
  import os
  from .base import BASE_DIR
  
  # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
  # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/deployment/checklist/
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
  SECRET_KEY = '670b9a538dfe8545f4eff723345da43211084a05f520a2d638'
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
  DEBUG = True
  
  ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
  
  
  # Database
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#databases
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
          'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'run/db.sqlite3'),
      }
  }
  
  
  # Internationalization
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/i18n/
  
  LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
  
  TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
  
  USE_I18N = True
  
  USE_L10N = True
  
  USE_TZ = True
  
  
  # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/howto/static-files/
  
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Every command works good except <code>python manage.py startapp myapp [or any other app name] ./apps/myapp</code>. Every time I run it command I get this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>CommandError: 'myapp' conflicts with the name of an existing Python module and cannot be used as an app name. Please try another name.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I found it related with my code in <code>__init__.py</code> file. I mean if I comment all the codes, that error will be disappear. 
  Why does it happend? How can I solve it?</p>
  
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