Automates the process of converting south applications to Django 1.7. Use at your own risk

south2django17.bash

#!/bin/bash

# Usage:
# south2django17 PROJECT_ROOT_WHERE_ALL_THE_APPS_ARE
# This script will:
# 1. Backup all South migration files to /tmp
# 2. Delete these files
# 3. Run manage.py makemigrations
# 4. Run manage.py migrate
# http://is.gd/fbtuPF

if [ -z $1 ]
then
    ROOT=$PWD
else
    ROOT=$(readlink -f $1)
fi

dirs=$(find $ROOT -type d -name migrations)
for d in $dirs
do
    app=$(basename $(dirname $d))
    dest=/tmp/s2d-$(date -Iseconds)-$app
    echo Moving $app migrations to $dest
    echo mkdir $dest
    echo mv -t $dest $d/*
    touch $d/__init__.py
    # convert_app $app
done

if [ -f $ROOT/manage.py ]
then
    for p in python2.7 python2 python
    do
        if which $p 1>/dev/null
        then
            $p $ROOT/manage.py makemigrations
            $p $ROOT/manage.py migrate
        fi
        break
    done
fi