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Add a docstring to "bootstrap_django" #2619

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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions python/nav/bootstrap.py
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def bootstrap_django(caller=None):
"""
Set up django (especially important: the database connection)

This is necessary when having standalone Python scripts that use the
database via the Django model definitions. NAV is older than Django, the
Django native way is to use management-commands. The Django "manage.py"
script essentially does this before it runs a command.
"""
global RUN

if 'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE' not in os.environ:
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