Ticket #17814: concept.patch

db/models/related.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_unicode
 from django.db.models.fields import BLANK_CHOICE_DASH
+from django.conf import settings
 
 class BoundRelatedObject(object):
     def __init__(self, related_object, field_mapping, original):
@@ -57 +58 @@
         # accessor descriptor that retrieves related many-to-one or
         # many-to-many objects. It uses the lower-cased object_name + "_set",
         # but this can be overridden with the "related_name" option.
+        related_name_override = settings.RELATED_NAME_OVERRIDES.get('%s.%s.%s' % (self.opts.app_label, self.opts.module_name, self.field.name), None)
         if self.field.rel.multiple:
             # If this is a symmetrical m2m relation on self, there is no reverse accessor.
             if getattr(self.field.rel, 'symmetrical', False) and self.model == self.parent_model:
                 return None
-            return self.field.rel.related_name or (self.opts.object_name.lower() + '_set')
+            return related_name_override or self.field.rel.related_name or (self.opts.object_name.lower() + '_set')
         else:
-            return self.field.rel.related_name or (self.opts.object_name.lower())
+            return related_name_override or self.field.rel.related_name or (self.opts.object_name.lower())
 
     def get_cache_name(self):
         return "_%s_cache" % self.get_accessor_name()

conf/global_settings.py

@@ -235 +235 @@
 
 ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDES = {}
 
+RELATED_NAME_OVERRIDES = {}
+
 # Tuple of strings representing allowed prefixes for the {% ssi %} tag.
 # Example: ('/home/html', '/var/www')
 ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTS = ()