| 1 | | I believe the following to be the easiest method. |
| 2 | | |
| 3 | | 1. Follow the preparations in [https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25313#comment:18 Carsten's solution]. |
| 4 | | |
| 5 | | 2. Create a new app with no existing migrations and migrate an empty migration. |
| 6 | | |
| 7 | | {{{#!python |
| 8 | | ./manage.py startapp user |
| 9 | | ./manage.py makemigrations user --empty |
| 10 | | ./manage.py migrate user |
| 11 | | }}} |
| 12 | | |
| 13 | | 3. Update the migration to match the timestamp of the initial auth migration. |
| 14 | | |
| 15 | | {{{#!python |
| 16 | | ./manage.py shell |
| 17 | | >>> from django.db.migrations.recorder import MigrationRecorder |
| 18 | | >>> auth_initial = MigrationRecorder.Migration.objects.get(app='auth', name='0001_initial') |
| 19 | | >>> user_initial = MigrationRecorder.Migration.objects.get(app='user', name='0001_initial') |
| 20 | | >>> user_initial.applied = auth_initial.applied |
| 21 | | >>> user_initial.save() |
| 22 | | }}} |
| 23 | | |
| 24 | | 4. Delete `user 0001_initial.py`, set `AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'user.user'` in your settings then run `./manage.py makemigrations` after creating the following `user` model. Essentially this step is making your first migration in the `user` app match `auth 0001_initial.py`. |
| 25 | | |
| 26 | | {{{#!python |
| 27 | | from django.contrib.auth import models as auth_models |
| 28 | | |
| 29 | | class User(auth_models.AbstractUser): |
| 30 | | class Meta: |
| 31 | | db_table = 'auth_user' |
| 32 | | }}} |
| 33 | | |
| 34 | | 5. Update the content types |
| 35 | | |
| 36 | | {{{#!python |
| 37 | | ./manage.py shell |
| 38 | | >>> from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType |
| 39 | | >>> ContentType.objects.filter(app_label='auth', model='user').update(app_label='user') |
| 40 | | }}} |
| 41 | | |
| 42 | | 6. Delete the model inherited from `auth_models.AbstractUser` and create your custom user model. Run `makemigrations` then `migrate` after making your changes and from this point on everything should be working properly. |
| 43 | | |
| 44 | | {{{#!python |
| 45 | | class User(auth_models.AbstractBaseUser, |
| 46 | | auth_models.PermissionsMixin): |
| 47 | | ... |
| 48 | | }}} |