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jamesmfriedman / rename_table_migration.py
Last active February 8, 2022 18:56
Renaming a Django app that has migrations already sucks. This Is a way I found to do it that preserves your old migration history and keeps your contenttypes in order. The trick is, this migration cannot be in the app you are migrating, so stick it in your "core" app or another app you have installed. Just plug in your own old and new app names.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import datetime
from south.db import db
from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
from django.db import models
from django.db.models import get_app, get_models
class Migration(SchemaMigration):