How to move a model between two Django apps (Django 1.7)

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This can be done fairly easily using migrations.SeparateDatabaseAndState. Basically, we use a database operation to rename the table concurrently with two state operations to remove the model from one app’s history and create it in another’s.

Remove from old app

python manage.py makemigrations old_app --empty

In the migration:

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = []

    database_operations = [
        migrations.AlterModelTable('TheModel', 'newapp_themodel')
    ]

    state_operations = [
        migrations.DeleteModel('TheModel')
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.SeparateDatabaseAndState(
            database_operations=database_operations,
            state_operations=state_operations)
    ]

Add to new app

First, copy the model to the new app’s model.py, then:

python manage.py makemigrations new_app

This will generate a migration with a naive CreateModel operation as the sole operation. Wrap that in a SeparateDatabaseAndState operation such that we don’t try to recreate the table. Also include the prior migration as a dependency:

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('old_app', 'above_migration')
    ]

    state_operations = [
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name="TheModel",
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name="ID", serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
            ],
            options={
                'db_table': 'newapp_themodel',
            },
            bases=(models.Model,),
        )
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.SeparateDatabaseAndState(state_operations=state_operations)
    ]

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