Deprecated ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS.

docs/howto/deployment/checklist.txt

@@ -232,14 +232,6 @@ details about the default templates:
 * :ref:`http_forbidden_view`
 * :ref:`http_bad_request_view`
 
-Miscellaneous
-=============
-
-:setting:`ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS`
---------------------------------
-
-This setting is required if you're using the :ttag:`ssi` template tag.
-
 Python Options
 ==============
 

docs/internals/deprecation.txt

@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ details on these changes.
 * The backwards compatibility shim to allow ``FormMixin.get_form()`` to be
   defined with no default value for its ``form_class`` argument will be removed.
 
+* The following settings will be removed:
+
+  * ``ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS``
+
 * The backwards compatibility alias ``django.template.loader.BaseLoader`` will
   be removed.
 

docs/ref/settings.txt

@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS
 
 Default: ``()`` (Empty tuple)
 
+.. deprecated:: 1.8
+
+    Set the ``'allowed_include_roots'`` option in the :setting:`OPTIONS
+    <TEMPLATES-OPTIONS>` of a ``DjangoTemplates`` backend instead.
+
 A tuple of strings representing allowed prefixes for the ``{% ssi %}`` template
 tag. This is a security measure, so that template authors can't access files
 that they shouldn't be accessing.

docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt

@@ -996,8 +996,8 @@ file are evaluated as template code, within the current context::
     {% ssi '/home/html/ljworld.com/includes/right_generic.html' parsed %}
 
 Note that if you use ``{% ssi %}``, you'll need to define
-:setting:`ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS` in your Django settings, as a security
+``'allowed_include_roots'`` in the :setting:`OPTIONS <TEMPLATES-OPTIONS>` of
-measure.
+your template engine, as a security measure.
 
 .. note::
     With the :ttag:`ssi` tag and the ``parsed`` parameter

docs/releases/1.8.txt

@@ -1014,6 +1014,14 @@ Related to the previous item, referencing views as strings in the ``url()``
 function is deprecated. Pass the callable view as described in the previous
 section instead.
 
+Template-related settings
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+As a consequence of the multiple template engines refactor, several settings
+are deprecated in favor of :setting:`TEMPLATES`:
+
+* ``ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS``
+
 ``django.core.context_processors``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

tests/template_tests/tests.py

@@ -470,28 +470,27 @@ class SSITests(SimpleTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.this_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(upath(__file__)))
         self.ssi_dir = os.path.join(self.this_dir, "templates", "first")
+        self.engine = Engine(allowed_include_roots=(self.ssi_dir,))
 
     def render_ssi(self, path):
         # the path must exist for the test to be reliable
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(path))
-        return template.Template('{%% ssi "%s" %%}' % path).render(Context())
+        return self.engine.from_string('{%% ssi "%s" %%}' % path).render(Context({}))
 
     def test_allowed_paths(self):
         acceptable_path = os.path.join(self.ssi_dir, "..", "first", "test.html")
-        with override_settings(ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS=(self.ssi_dir,)):
         self.assertEqual(self.render_ssi(acceptable_path), 'First template\n')
 
     def test_relative_include_exploit(self):
         """
-        May not bypass ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS with relative paths
+        May not bypass allowed_include_roots with relative paths
 
-        e.g. if ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS = ("/var/www",), it should not be
+        e.g. if allowed_include_roots = ("/var/www",), it should not be
         possible to do {% ssi "/var/www/../../etc/passwd" %}
         """
         disallowed_paths = [
             os.path.join(self.ssi_dir, "..", "ssi_include.html"),
             os.path.join(self.ssi_dir, "..", "second", "test.html"),
         ]
-        with override_settings(ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS=(self.ssi_dir,)):
+        for disallowed_path in disallowed_paths:
-            for path in disallowed_paths:
+            self.assertEqual(self.render_ssi(disallowed_path), '')
-                self.assertEqual(self.render_ssi(path), '')