Fixed #21018 -- Reversed precedence order for management commands.

django/core/management/__init__.py

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def get_commands():
         # a settings module.
         django.setup()
         app_configs = apps.get_app_configs()
-        app_names = [app_config.name for app_config in app_configs]
+        app_names = [app_config.name for app_config in reversed(app_configs)]
 
     # Find and load the management module for each installed app.
     for app_name in app_names:

docs/ref/settings.txt

@@ -1319,6 +1319,10 @@ Django installation. Each string should be a dotted Python path to:
     These rules apply regardless of whether :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`
     references application configuration classes on application packages.
 
+When several applications provide different versions of the same resource
+(template, static file, management command, translation), the application
+listed first in :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` has precedence.
+
 .. setting:: INTERNAL_IPS
 
 INTERNAL_IPS

docs/releases/1.7.txt

@@ -697,6 +697,18 @@ following changes that take effect immediately:
 * The ``only_installed`` argument of ``get_model`` and ``get_models`` no
   longer exists, nor does the ``seed_cache`` argument of ``get_model``.
 
+Management commands and order of :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+When several applications provide management commands with the same name,
+Django loads the command from the application that comes first in
+:setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`. Previous versions loaded the command from the
+applicatino that came last.
+
+This brings discovery of management commands in line with other parts of
+Django that rely on the order of :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`, such as static
+files, templates, and translations.
+
 Behavior of ``LocMemCache`` regarding pickle errors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

tests/admin_scripts/complex_app/management/commands/duplicate.py

+from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand
+
+
+class Command(NoArgsCommand):
+
+    def handle_noargs(self, **options):
+        self.stdout.write('complex_app')

tests/admin_scripts/simple_app/management/commands/duplicate.py

+from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand
+
+
+class Command(NoArgsCommand):
+
+    def handle_noargs(self, **options):
+        self.stdout.write('simple_app')

tests/admin_scripts/tests.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from django.test.utils import str_prefix
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from django.utils._os import upath
 from django.utils.six import StringIO
-from django.test import LiveServerTestCase
+from django.test import LiveServerTestCase, TestCase
 
 
 test_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.environ['DJANGO_TEST_TEMP_DIR'], 'test_project'))
@@ -1469,6 +1469,24 @@ class CommandTypes(AdminScriptTestCase):
         self.assertOutput(out, str_prefix("EXECUTE:LabelCommand label=anotherlabel, options=[('no_color', False), ('pythonpath', None), ('settings', None), ('traceback', None), ('verbosity', %(_)s'1')]"))
 
 
+class Discovery(TestCase):
+
+    def test_precedence(self):
+        """
+        Apps listed first in INSTALLED_APPS have precendence.
+        """
+        with self.settings(INSTALLED_APPS=['admin_scripts.complex_app',
+                                           'admin_scripts.simple_app']):
+            out = StringIO()
+            call_command('duplicate', stdout=out)
+            self.assertEqual(out.getvalue().strip(), 'complex_app')
+        with self.settings(INSTALLED_APPS=['admin_scripts.simple_app',
+                                           'admin_scripts.complex_app']):
+            out = StringIO()
+            call_command('duplicate', stdout=out)
+            self.assertEqual(out.getvalue().strip(), 'simple_app')
+
+
 class ArgumentOrder(AdminScriptTestCase):
     """Tests for 2-stage argument parsing scheme.