# ImportError on public repo, not on private
**URL:** https://travis-ci.community/t/importerror-on-public-repo-not-on-private/2370
**Category:** Python
**Tags:** build-env
**Created:** [February 19, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/importerror-on-public-repo-not-on-private/2370 "2019-02-19T15:41:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@averymd](https://travis-ci.community/u/averymd)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/importerror-on-public-repo-not-on-private/2370/1 "2019-02-19T15:41:43Z")
Howdy! I have a python package that can successfully execute tests locally. When I run it in Travis in its main Github repository (public), it fails with import errors on the test classes/modules:
```auto
ERROR: django_presskit.tests.test_views (unittest.loader.ModuleImportFailure)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError: Failed to import test module: django_presskit.tests.test_views
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/python/2.7.14/lib/python2.7/unittest/loader.py", line 254, in _find_tests
module = self._get_module_from_name(name)
File "/opt/python/2.7.14/lib/python2.7/unittest/loader.py", line 232, in _get_module_from_name
__import__ (name)
ImportError: No module named tests.test_views
```
The specific build: [https://travis-ci.com/FutureProofGames/django\_presskit/builds/101385651](https://travis-ci.com/FutureProofGames/django_presskit/builds/101385651)
If I mirror this repo into a private Github repository, however, it works perfectly. Here are some things I’ve tried in the public repo:
- Installing or not installing the package before trying to run the tests
- Adding additional search paths in Python, per “[Test Discovery Wrinkle](https://pyhatch.readthedocs.io/en/latest/travis_ci.html#test-discovery-wrinkle)”
- Calling via `coverage` or `python runtests.py`
- Removing a shebang in the `runtests.py` file
I have debugging enabled on the public repo, but I wasn’t particularly sure of what to try once I SSH’d in. Running the stages manually just produced the error again.
With the exact same code and configuration (verified via a diff of the folders) succeeding in a private repo and not on a public one, there must be something different between the Travis environments between the two, right? I’m pretty stumped.
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### Author:  [@BanzaiMan](https://travis-ci.community/u/BanzaiMan)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/importerror-on-public-repo-not-on-private/2370/2 "2019-02-19T22:30:24Z")
Do you have a URL to the private repo build that succeeds? If I go through the commands with my Docker image, the command fails similarly, so I am guessing that it _is_ broken, but the private one has some critical difference that makes it go.
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### Author:  [@averymd](https://travis-ci.community/u/averymd)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/importerror-on-public-repo-not-on-private/2370/3 "2019-02-20T13:53:36Z")
I couldn’t find a way to make a private build public, so I just made the repo public. Build still works: [https://travis-ci.com/averymd/improved-sniffle/builds/101617650](https://travis-ci.com/averymd/improved-sniffle/builds/101617650)
---
### Author:  [@BanzaiMan](https://travis-ci.community/u/BanzaiMan)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/importerror-on-public-repo-not-on-private/2370/4 "2019-02-20T15:15:11Z")
Thanks for the information. I also confirmed that “averymd/improved-sniffle” passes when I run the commands in question, consistent with your report.
This points to the correct behavior on our system, and the issue(s) in your “FutureProofGames” repository.
I don’t know enough about Python to give you meaningful advice, but if you compare the two repositories I get a few differences that might point you to revelation.
> **diff -r averymd/improved-sniffle/ FutureProofGames/django\_presskit/**
>
> ```
> (python2.7.14) travis@5d2e3ae6b85e:~$ diff -r averymd/improved-sniffle/ FutureProofGames/django_presskit/
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/django_presskit/ __init__.pyc and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/django_presskit/ __init__.pyc differ
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/django_presskit/migrations/0001_initial.pyc and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/django_presskit/migrations/0001_initial.pyc differ
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/django_presskit/migrations/0002_auto_20181002_1847.pyc and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/django_presskit/migrations/0002_auto_20181002_1847.pyc differ
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/django_presskit/migrations/0003_auto_20181002_1915.pyc and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/django_presskit/migrations/0003_auto_20181002_1915.pyc differ
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/django_presskit/migrations/ __init__.pyc and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/django_presskit/migrations/ __init__.pyc differ
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/django_presskit/models.pyc and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/django_presskit/models.pyc differ
> Only in averymd/improved-sniffle/django_presskit/templatetags: dpk_util.pyc
> Only in averymd/improved-sniffle/django_presskit/templatetags: __init__.pyc
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/django_presskit/urls.pyc and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/django_presskit/urls.pyc differ
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/django_presskit/views.pyc and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/django_presskit/views.pyc differ
> diff -r averymd/improved-sniffle/.git/config FutureProofGames/django_presskit/.git/config
> 7c7
> < url = https://github.com/averymd/improved-sniffle.git
> ---
> > url = https://github.com/FutureProofGames/django_presskit.git
> diff -r averymd/improved-sniffle/.git/HEAD FutureProofGames/django_presskit/.git/HEAD
> 1c1
> < 9bef5dc2d5854f033b3f6b857c2579b926aa1669
> ---
> > 9403e0a37d7b9f33c6cff7d5aa260d6085eed68a
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/.git/index and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/.git/index differ
> diff -r averymd/improved-sniffle/.git/logs/HEAD FutureProofGames/django_presskit/.git/logs/HEAD
> 1,2c1,2
> < 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 9bef5dc2d5854f033b3f6b857c2579b926aa1669 Travis CI User 1550674866 +0000 clone: from https://github.com/averymd/improved-sniffle.git
> < 9bef5dc2d5854f033b3f6b857c2579b926aa1669 9bef5dc2d5854f033b3f6b857c2579b926aa1669 Travis CI User 1550674878 +0000 checkout: moving from feature/dpk-10 to 9bef5dc2d5854f033b3f6b857c2579b926aa1669
> ---
> > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 b6ed1903862e819880cbc65a77cbb3c8cd2a5463 Travis CI User 1550675127 +0000 clone: from https://github.com/FutureProofGames/django_presskit.git
> > b6ed1903862e819880cbc65a77cbb3c8cd2a5463 9403e0a37d7b9f33c6cff7d5aa260d6085eed68a Travis CI User 1550675142 +0000 checkout: moving from feature/dpk-10 to 9403e0a37d7b9f33c6cff7d5aa260d6085eed68a
> diff -r averymd/improved-sniffle/.git/logs/refs/heads/feature/dpk-10 FutureProofGames/django_presskit/.git/logs/refs/heads/feature/dpk-10
> 1c1
> < 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 9bef5dc2d5854f033b3f6b857c2579b926aa1669 Travis CI User 1550674866 +0000 clone: from https://github.com/averymd/improved-sniffle.git
> ---
> > 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 b6ed1903862e819880cbc65a77cbb3c8cd2a5463 Travis CI User 1550675127 +0000 clone: from https://github.com/FutureProofGames/django_presskit.git
> Only in averymd/improved-sniffle/.git/objects/pack: pack-93d5aa38515913a98fc4809b039abae3ffc00286.idx
> Only in averymd/improved-sniffle/.git/objects/pack: pack-93d5aa38515913a98fc4809b039abae3ffc00286.pack
> Only in FutureProofGames/django_presskit/.git/objects/pack: pack-93f85228ac53089099667be00222829ac4671736.idx
> Only in FutureProofGames/django_presskit/.git/objects/pack: pack-93f85228ac53089099667be00222829ac4671736.pack
> diff -r averymd/improved-sniffle/.git/packed-refs FutureProofGames/django_presskit/.git/packed-refs
> 2c2
> < 9bef5dc2d5854f033b3f6b857c2579b926aa1669 refs/remotes/origin/feature/dpk-10
> ---
> > b6ed1903862e819880cbc65a77cbb3c8cd2a5463 refs/remotes/origin/feature/dpk-10
> diff -r averymd/improved-sniffle/.git/refs/heads/feature/dpk-10 FutureProofGames/django_presskit/.git/refs/heads/feature/dpk-10
> 1c1
> < 9bef5dc2d5854f033b3f6b857c2579b926aa1669
> ---
> > b6ed1903862e819880cbc65a77cbb3c8cd2a5463
> Only in averymd/improved-sniffle/: __init__.pyc
> diff -r averymd/improved-sniffle/requirements.txt FutureProofGames/django_presskit/requirements.txt
> 1d0
> < coverage==4.4.2
> 6c5
> < Pillow==4.3.0
> \ No newline at end of file
> ---
> > Pillow==4.3.0
> diff -r averymd/improved-sniffle/runtests.py FutureProofGames/django_presskit/runtests.py
> 7a8
> >
> 8a10,12
> > sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../"))
> > sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("."))
> >
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/tests/ __init__.pyc and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/tests/ __init__.pyc differ
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/tests/settings.pyc and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/tests/settings.pyc differ
> Only in averymd/improved-sniffle/tests: test_dpk_util.pyc
> Only in averymd/improved-sniffle/tests: test_models.pyc
> Only in averymd/improved-sniffle/tests: test_views.pyc
> Binary files averymd/improved-sniffle/tests/urls.pyc and FutureProofGames/django_presskit/tests/urls.pyc differ
> diff -r averymd/improved-sniffle/.travis.yml FutureProofGames/django_presskit/.travis.yml
> 6c6
> < - pip install .
> ---
> > - pip install .
> ```
---
### Author:  [@averymd](https://travis-ci.community/u/averymd)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/importerror-on-public-repo-not-on-private/2370/5 "2019-02-21T06:29:25Z")
Thank you so much for the comparison! Is there a way for me to perform a diff like that myself of what’s on the travis boxes?
The crux of the issue is:
```auto
Only in averymd/improved-sniffle/tests: test_dpk_util.pyc
Only in averymd/improved-sniffle/tests: test_models.pyc
Only in averymd/improved-sniffle/tests: test_views.pyc
```
Since python isn’t finding the source files, it’s not compiling them. ☹ The source files are definitely on the server, of course.
As for the rest of the diff: python bytecode files will be different even if the underlying code is the same, unfortunately. Those commits also don’t quite line up (they include some later experiments/attempts in the FutureProofGames version).
I’d love to run it again with the current state of [https://github.com/FutureProofGames/django\_presskit/tree/feature/dpk-10](https://github.com/FutureProofGames/django_presskit/tree/feature/dpk-10) (build [https://travis-ci.com/FutureProofGames/django\_presskit/builds/101689956](https://travis-ci.com/FutureProofGames/django_presskit/builds/101689956)) and [https://github.com/averymd/improved-sniffle/tree/feature/dpk-10](https://github.com/averymd/improved-sniffle/tree/feature/dpk-10) (build [https://travis-ci.com/averymd/improved-sniffle/builds/101708238](https://travis-ci.com/averymd/improved-sniffle/builds/101708238)). In my working copies, a diff is showing the base files (no \*.pyc) are the same aside from the additional LICENSE file.
Let me know if there’s a way I can do the diffs myself. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@BanzaiMan](https://travis-ci.community/u/BanzaiMan)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/importerror-on-public-repo-not-on-private/2370/6 "2019-02-22T14:05:56Z")
To get the diffs, you can either:
1. use [this Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/travisci/ci-garnet/tags), which is a close approximation to what you are using, or
2. have support [enable the debug feature on your repo](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/running-build-in-debug-mode/#enabling-debug-mode) and clone repos and compare.
---
### Author:  [@averymd](https://travis-ci.community/u/averymd)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/importerror-on-public-repo-not-on-private/2370/7 "2019-03-14T13:42:46Z")
Update: the issue was caused by the repo having the exact same name as the library that’s installed. Changing the repo from `django_presskit` to `django-presskit` resolved the issue.
Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions and methods to troubleshoot this.