Django migrate : doesn't create tables

Question

After some errors, I dropped my database, deleted all my migration files (I left init.py). Now, when I run

python migrate.py makemigrations   /         


        

Answer 1

The answer to this depends if you already have a history of migrations in your app folder. In my case I didn't...I think I deleted original migration scripts.

So following the Django docs, I did the following:

1. Comment out new updates in models.py
2. Follow section Adding migrations to apps...
3. Create migrations for what is already existing:

   python manage.py makemigrations yourapp

4. Do fake applying of these migrations (below singles that the tables already exist and not to try to recreate):

   python manage.py migrate --fake-initial

5. Uncomment changes in model.py

6. Follow steps in section Workflow ...

   python manage.py makemigrations yourapp

   python manage.py migrate