#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys

if __name__ == "__main__":
    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "humbug.settings")

    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line

    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys

if __name__ == "__main__":

    if "--no-traceback" not in sys.argv and len(sys.argv) > 1:
        sys.argv.append("--traceback")

    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "humbug.settings")

    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line

    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)

Make manage.py spit out tracebacks, without a patched django