What is the best way to migrate data in django

Question

After making some changes in my models (eg. new field in a model and a new model) what is the best way of reflecting these changes to my populated database?

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Answer 1

Perform these steps in order may help you:

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1) python manage.py schemamigration apps.appname --initial

Above step creates migration folder as default.

2) python manage.py migrate apps.appname --fake

generates a fake migration.

3) python manage.py schemamigration apps.appname --auto

Then you can add fields as you wish and perform the above command.

4) python manage.py migrate apps.appname

Then migrate the files to the database.