django.git/django/core/serializers/base.py, branch main

Fixed #27380 -- Added "raw" argument to m2m_changed signals.

2025-12-17T17:37:18Z

Fixed #35729 -- Enabled natural key serialization opt-out for subclasses.

2025-12-03T20:04:52Z

Refactored serialization logic to allow models inheriting a natural_key() method (e.g. AbstractBaseUser) to explicitly opt out of natural key serialization by returning an empty tuple from the method. Thanks Jonas Dittrich for the report. Co-authored-by: Jacob Walls

Refs #36500 -- Rewrapped long docstrings and block comments via a script.

2025-07-23T23:17:55Z

Rewrapped long docstrings and block comments to 79 characters + newline using script from https://github.com/medmunds/autofix-w505.

Applied Black's 2024 stable style.

2024-01-26T11:45:07Z

https://github.com/psf/black/releases/tag/24.1.0

Refs #29708 -- Removed PickleSerializer per deprecation timeline.

2023-01-17T10:49:15Z

Fixed #33582 -- Fixed deserializing natural keys with foreing key dependencies in a multiple database setup.

2022-03-18T19:57:08Z

Refs #33476 -- Reformatted code with Black.

2022-02-07T19:37:05Z

Fixed #29708 -- Deprecated PickleSerializer.

2022-01-13T12:50:20Z

Refs #33012 -- Moved PickleSerializer to django.core.serializers.base and added tests.

2021-09-02T09:24:55Z

Fixed #32420 -- Fixed detecting primary key values in deserialization when PK is also a FK.

2021-02-05T11:33:43Z