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r
Is anyone here using 
django-tailwind
with a project in pants? I'm having issues getting 
tailwind start
to recognize my theme app. In my 
BUILD
file at the root of 
internal_tools
I have my theme app called out as 
src/python/bin/internal_tools/theme:theme
In my 
settings.py
which is inside the 
project
folder I have 
internal_tools.theme
in the 
INSTALLED_APPS
array and 
TAILWIND_APP
is set to 
internal_tools.theme
as well. Finally in my 
apps.py
for the 
theme
app I have the following:
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class ThemeConfig(AppConfig):
    name = "internal_tools.theme"
I'm not sure what I'm overlooking or if this is a nuance of 
django-tailwind
. When I run 
tailwind start
I get 
CommandError: 'internal_tools.theme' isn't a Tailwind app
h
How are you running 
tailwind start
? Is this via 
pants run ...
or are you building a pex and running that?
r
pants run /src/python/bin/internal_tools:manage -- tailwind start
h
Ah, yeah, so what that does is build a pex and then run it, which can cause issues with python programs that use syspath magic, and Django's 
manage.py
is notorious for stuff like that. E.g., 
runserver
in particular. I don't know enough about tailwind to know if it's susceptible.
But what happens if you 
pants run src/python/bin/internal_tools/manage.py -- tailwind start
?
That has slightly different semantics - it runs "directly from source" without building an intermediate pex
r
I still get the same 
CommandError: 'internal_tools.theme' isn't a Tailwind app
.
I'm wondering if its the 
internal_tools.theme
naming causing issues. 
tailwind init
doesn't let you create an app in a subdirectory (or at least its not letting me) so I wonder if trying to have it go into the 
internal_tools
path is causing issues.
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