Fixed #17920 -- Actually pass the full path of a newly created project or app in the template context as mentioned in the startproject docs. Many thanks to Preston Holmes for the initial patch.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@17773 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/conf/project_template/manage.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import os, sys
+import os
+import sys
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "{{ project_name }}.settings")

django/core/management/templates.py

@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ class TemplateCommand(BaseCommand):
                     message = e
                 raise CommandError(message)
         else:
-            top_dir = path.expanduser(target)
-
+            top_dir = os.path.abspath(path.expanduser(target))
+            if not os.path.exists(top_dir):
+                raise CommandError("Destination directory '%s' does not "
+                                   "exist, please create it first." % top_dir)
 
         extensions = tuple(
             handle_extensions(options.get('extensions'), ignored=()))