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22682	Makemigrations fails when specifying custom location for migration files	ovidiuc4	nobody	"When running the initial:
{{{
python ./manage.py makemigrations appname
}}}
a ""migrations"" directory is automatically created inside the apps base directory.

When specifying a custom migration file location via MIGRATION_MODULES setting, running initial migration fails to create the directories needed for the migration files. One would expect the same behavior in both situations.

In my case, I want to have all the migrations inside a generic folder named ""migrations"", setup like so:


{{{
# in settings:
MIGRATION_MODULES = dict([(app, 'migrations.' + app) for app in INSTALLED_APPS])

# running makemigrations
python ./manage.py makemigrations appname

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""./manage.py"", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File ""/home/dev/.envs/atlas2/src/django/django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 427, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File ""/home/dev/.envs/atlas2/src/django/django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 419, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File ""/home/dev/.envs/atlas2/src/django/django/core/management/base.py"", line 288, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File ""/home/dev/.envs/atlas2/src/django/django/core/management/base.py"", line 337, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File ""/home/dev/.envs/atlas2/src/django/django/core/management/commands/makemigrations.py"", line 54, in handle
    loader = MigrationLoader(None)
  File ""/home/dev/.envs/atlas2/src/django/django/db/migrations/loader.py"", line 47, in __init__
    self.build_graph()
  File ""/home/dev/.envs/atlas2/src/django/django/db/migrations/loader.py"", line 144, in build_graph
    self.load_disk()
  File ""/home/dev/.envs/atlas2/src/django/django/db/migrations/loader.py"", line 71, in load_disk
    module = import_module(module_name)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.7/importlib/__init__.py"", line 37, in import_module
    __import__(name)
ImportError: No module named appname

}}}

I would expect the same behavior in both cases, i.e. have the modules automatically created."	Bug	closed	Migrations	dev	Normal	fixed	1.7b4	ovidiuc4	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0