Use active git branch in Django’s DATABASES['NAME'] setting to help manage conflicting state

local_settings.py

import subprocess

dbname = 'mydbname.{}.db'.format(
    subprocess.check_output(['git', 'symbolic-ref', '--short', 'HEAD',]).rstrip()
)
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': path.join(BASE_DIR, dbname),
    }
}