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authorThomas Güttler <guettliml.github@thomas-guettler.de>2016-10-19 11:37:04 +0200
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2016-10-26 11:01:04 -0400
commit7cdc2015e37e7fd9a0e5ff7315a61086c2aad803 (patch)
treeb9d936b414824e648723993e34ed4c9720c0983e /docs
parentf3ea0c4bbd5fa9bac73049839ce5de388d53371a (diff)
Clarified when the post_migrate signal is sent during migrate.
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diff --git a/docs/ref/signals.txt b/docs/ref/signals.txt
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@@ -429,13 +429,13 @@ Arguments sent with this signal:
.. data:: django.db.models.signals.post_migrate
:module:
-Sent by the :djadmin:`migrate` command after it installs an application, and the
-:djadmin:`flush` command. It's not emitted for applications that lack a
+Sent at the end of the :djadmin:`migrate` (even if no migrations are run) and
+:djadmin:`flush` commands. It's not emitted for applications that lack a
``models`` module.
-It is important that handlers of this signal perform idempotent changes (e.g.
-no database alterations) as this may cause the :djadmin:`flush` management
-command to fail if it also ran during the :djadmin:`migrate` command.
+Handlers of this signal must not perform database schema alterations as doing
+so may cause the :djadmin:`flush` command to fail if it runs during the
+:djadmin:`migrate` command.
Arguments sent with this signal: