Django - makemigrations - No changes detected

python django django-migrations
Dilraj picture Dilraj · Mar 22, 2016 · Viewed 118.4k times · Source

I was trying to create migrations within an existing app using the makemigrations command but it outputs "No changes detected".

Usually I create new apps using the startapp command but did not use it for this app when I created it.

After debugging, I found that it is not creating migration because the migrations package/folder is missing from an app.

Would it be better if it creates the folder if it is not there or am I missing something?

Answer

Alasdair picture Alasdair · Mar 22, 2016

To create initial migrations for an app, run makemigrations and specify the app name. The migrations folder will be created.

./manage.py makemigrations <myapp>

Your app must be included in INSTALLED_APPS first (inside settings.py).

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