Fixed #19333 -- Moved compress.py outside of the admin static folder. Thanks to camilonova, Russell Keith-Magee, Aymeric Augustin and Ramiro Morales for the feedback.

django/contrib/admin/bin/compress.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import optparse
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-here = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+js_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'static', 'admin', 'js')
 
 def main():
     usage = "usage: %prog [file1..fileN]"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Compiler library and Java version 6 or later."""
     if not args:
         if options.verbose:
             sys.stdout.write("No filenames given; defaulting to admin scripts\n")
-        args = [os.path.join(here, f) for f in [
+        args = [os.path.join(js_path, f) for f in [
             "actions.js", "collapse.js", "inlines.js", "prepopulate.js"]]
 
     for arg in args:

docs/internals/contributing/writing-code/submitting-patches.txt

@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@ Compressing JavaScript
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 To simplify the process of providing optimized javascript code, Django
-includes a handy script which should be used to create a "minified" version.
-This script is located at ``django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/compress.py``.
+includes a handy python script which should be used to create a "minified"
+version. To run it::
+
+    python django/contrib/admin/bin/compress.py
 
 Behind the scenes, ``compress.py`` is a front-end for Google's
 `Closure Compiler`_ which is written in Java. However, the Closure Compiler