Incomplete Fix for #24628 - Squashed Migration Still Not Marked as Applied

[Mark Lavin]

I'm still seeing this behavior in 1.8.3 so I believe that this fix is incomplete. The problem with the original fix is that it relies on the executor.migrate method being called. While that is done by the tests, it isn't when following the workflow described in the docs. When you call the migrate management command, it first checks the migration plan to see if any migrations need to be run. Since the migration plan sees the replacement migration as already applied there is no plan (assuming there are no other unapplied migrations) and the executor.migrate is never called. In this case the replacement migration is never recorded as applied. Then when the old migrations are removed and the replaces attribute is removed, the migrate command attempts to run the squashed migration which fails since the tables, etc already exist.

[Mark Lavin]

The easiest work-around is to use the --fake-initial option when applying the squashed migration. This assumes that you are squashing the migrations down to a single initial migration.

[Mark Lavin]

Added PR with failing test and fix ​https://github.com/django/django/pull/5112

[Tim Graham <timograham@…>]

In 69db1c7:

Fixed #25231 -- Added recording of squashed migrations in the migrate command.

Ensured squashed migrations are recorded as applied when the
migrate command is run and all of the original migrations
have been previously applied.

[Tim Graham <timograham@…>]

In ac46eb7:

[1.8.x] Fixed #25231 -- Added recording of squashed migrations in the migrate command.

Ensured squashed migrations are recorded as applied when the
migrate command is run and all of the original migrations
have been previously applied.

Backport of 69db1c745506bf63026def25d6854755179feaa8 from master