django__django-15388
The issue is in Django's template autoreload module. When BASE_DIR is added to TEMPLATES[0]['DIRS'], the entire project becomes a template directory. The template_changed signal listener returns True for any file change in template…
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The issue is in Django's template autoreload module. When `BASE_DIR` is added to `TEMPLATES[0]['DIRS']`, the entire project becomes a template directory. The `template_changed` signal listener returns `True` for any file change in template directories, which prevents `notify_file_changed` from triggering a reload. This affects Python files as well.
The fix suggested in the hints is to check if the changed file is a Python file inside the `template_changed` signal listener and return `None` in that ca
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