[GSOC 2024] Auto-importing in the shell

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Congrats @salvo-polizzi ! I’m really excited to work with you.
Just to be clear on what our final Shell will look like, I want to note down all the functionalities of shell_plus that we plan to add in Django Shell here. This way we can get to know the views of the community as well.

  1. By default, we’ll not print all model names in the Shell but it would be possible with a flag.
  2. Adding SHELL_PLUS_IMPORTS settings, see: shell_plus — django-extensions 3.2.3 documentation
  3. Adding SHELL_PLUS_PRINT_SQL settings, see: shell_plus — django-extensions 3.2.3 documentation
  4. Import all models using their full paths and then import the models in the order of the app names, starting with the first encountered app.
  5. User should be able to subclass the Shell command and override a method.
  6. By default, Django supports IPython, BPython, and standard shell runners. I believe we should enhance the current shell to allow users to add additional shell runners (jupyter notebook, ptpython etc) while preserving the auto-import functionality across all runners.
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