This folder is used by manage.py to load fixtures, as are all the folders called /fixtures/ in any Django app here. e.g. a list of files which are in the /fixtures/ folders: $ python manage.py loaddata cuyc_basic_data test_data_1 test_data_1.1 test_data_2 $ python manage.py help migration usage: manage.py migrate [-h] [--noinput] [--database DATABASE] [--fake] [--fake-initial] [--plan] [--run-syncdb] [--version] [-v {0,1,2,3}] [--settings SETTINGS] [--pythonpath PYTHONPATH] [--traceback] [--no-color] [--force-color] [app_label] [migration_name] Updates database schema. Manages both apps with migrations and those without. positional arguments: app_label App label of an application to synchronize the state. migration_name Database state will be brought to the state after that migration. Use the name "zero" to unapply all migrations. optional arguments: --noinput, --no-input Tells Django to NOT prompt the user for input of any kind. --database DATABASE Nominates a database to synchronize. Defaults to the "default" database. --fake Mark migrations as run without actually running them. --fake-initial Detect if tables already exist and fake-apply initial migrations if so. Make sure that the current database schema matches your initial migration before using this flag. Django will only check for an existing table name. --plan Shows a list of the migration actions that will be performed. --run-syncdb Creates tables for apps without migrations. $ python manage.py help loaddata usage: manage.py loaddata [-h] [--database DATABASE] [--app APP_LABEL] [--ignorenonexistent] [-e EXCLUDE] [--format FORMAT] [--version] [-v {0,1,2,3}] [--settings SETTINGS] [--pythonpath PYTHONPATH] [--traceback] [--no-color] [--force-color] fixture [fixture ...] Installs the named fixture(s) in the database. optional arguments: --app APP_LABEL Only look for fixtures in the specified app. --ignorenonexistent, -i Ignores entries in the serialized data for fields that do not currently exist on the model. positional arguments: fixture Fixture labels.