Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Tutorial2

Timestamp:

07/14/09 21:43:09 (4 years ago)

Author:

andrew

Comment:

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Tutorial2

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 Now you understand the caveats, it's time to try it out. We'll take the same app we used for [wiki:Tutorial1 part one].
 
-If you didn't have that set when you made the initial migration previously, don't worry; just delete that migration file, and re-run the command:
+Have another look at the migration file (`southdemo/migrations/0001_initial.py`) - there is a large models dictionary on the bottom; if you look closely, it is a representation of how your models are at the moment. It's using this stored representation that allows South to see how your models change over time.
 
-{{{
-./manage.py startmigration southdemo --initial
-}}}
-
-The migration file (`southdemo/migrations/0001_initial.py`) should still have the same forwards() and backwards() methods, but now there will be a much larger models dictionary on the bottom; if you look closely, it is a representation of how your models are at the moment.
-
-Once you have that file made, we'll change the models we have slightly; we'll add a field `length` to Lizard, and allow the age to be left blank (and become null if it is):
+To illustrate this, we'll make a change; we'll add a field `length` to Lizard, and allow the age to be left blank (and become null if it is):
 
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