title: Python/Django - Avoid saving passwords in source code
body: <p>I use Python and Django to create web applications, which we store in source control. The way Django is normally set up, the passwords are in plain text within the settings.py file. </p>
  
  <p>Storing my password in plain text would open me up to a number of security problems, particularly because this is an open source project and my source code would be version controlled (through git, on Github, for the entire world to see!)</p>
  
  <p>The question is, what would be the best practice for securely writing a settings.py file in a a Django/Python development environment?</p>