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SameAs

Repeat template blocks with ease!

What is it?

SameAs is a small Django application that provides you with an easy-to-use template tag to replicate a block.

For example you may want to repeat your title block somewhere else in your page.

{% load sameastags %}
...
  <head>
    <title>{% block title %}{{ object.title }}{% endblock %}</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>{% sameas title %}</h1>
  </body>
...

It's as simple as this.

But the real benefit of this feature is when used with template inheritance.

base.html:
...
{% load sameastags %}
...
    <title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
    <meta property="og:title" content="{% sameas title %}">
...
    <h1>{% sameas title %}</h1>
...

inner.html
...
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block title %}{{ object.title }}{% endblock %}
...

Please note

Tag library loading should occur before any blocks are declared. It's good if you place {% load sameastags %} somewhere at the top of your page.

Installation

The application is currently not available on PyPI. To install it, you need to

Clone this repository
Add sameas package to PYTHONPATH
Add 'sameas' to your INSTALLED_APPS

Requirements

Python 2 or 3
Django (tested against 1.5, but I expect it to work with previous versions too)

Tests

If you're interested in the project and you contribute, please make sure:

your changes don't break current tests
you add appropriate tests for your features/bug fixes.

To run the tests simply use
$ ./manage.py test sameas

License

This project is licensed under LGPLv3. Read LICENSE for details.

Why it's not on PyPI?

I don't want to flood PyPI with something as simple as 20 lines of code. If the project turns out to be of valuable help, I'll reconsider.