title: How to override and extend basic Django admin templates?
body: <p>How do I override an admin template (e.g. admin/index.html) while at the same time extending it (see <a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#overriding-vs-replacing-an-admin-template" rel="noreferrer">https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#overriding-vs-replacing-an-admin-template</a>)?</p>
  
  <p>First - I know that this question has been asked and answered before (see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3967801/django-overriding-and-extending-an-app-template">Django: Overriding AND extending an app template</a>) but as the answer says it isn't directly applicable if you're using the app_directories template loader (which is most of the time).</p>
  
  <p>My current workaround is to make copies and extend from them instead of extending directly from the admin templates. This works great but it's really confusing and adds extra work when the admin templates change.</p>
  
  <p>It could think of some custom extend-tag for the templates but I don't want to reinvent the wheel if there already exists a solution.</p>
  
  <p>On a side note: Does anybody know if this problem will be addressed by Django itself?</p>