Database Migrations¶

A database migration is a script that can be run to apply changes (schema or data) to the database. South is a Python library that provides database migrations for Django.

To initially set up a Django app to have database migrations use the following command:

./manage.py <env> schemamigration <app> --init

To automatically generate a database migration based on changes made to model class use the following command:

./manage.py <env> schemamigration <app> --auto

To run all database migrations use the following command:

./manage.py <env> syncdb --migrate