Merge pull request #3326 from rtfd/humitos/confpy/better-error

Show proper error to user when conf.py is not found
readthedocs · Dec 21, 2017 · e0c5658 · e0c5658
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diff --git a/readthedocs/projects/exceptions.py b/readthedocs/projects/exceptions.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Project exceptions."""
 
+from __future__ import division, print_function, unicode_literals
+
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_noop as _
 
@@ -15,6 +18,12 @@ class ProjectConfigurationError(BuildEnvironmentError):
         'Make sure you have a conf.py file in your repository.'
     )
 
+    MULTIPLE_CONF_FILES = _(
+        'We found more than one conf.py and are not sure which one to use. '
+        'Please, specify the correct file under the Advanced settings tab '
+        "in the project's Admin."
+    )
+
 
 class RepositoryError(BuildEnvironmentError):