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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2018-05-18 18:08:37 -0400
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2018-05-18 18:44:36 -0400
commit452abf7b43e4d93911e277976b87411bb4b2a52c (patch)
treefa4b9aef3b49d1189888e294999dbf4c61253fe5
parent7e875aa047095b4f57b9623425d8ea6a67e3d038 (diff)
[2.1.x] Fixed #29398 -- Doc'd that cascade deletion doesn't call delete() of related models.
Backport of e038f98bf342af716cf16e38be989c2d0f126797 from master
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diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
index adb12aac63..c696b770b3 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
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@@ -1257,6 +1257,11 @@ The possible values for :attr:`~ForeignKey.on_delete` are found in
Cascade deletes. Django emulates the behavior of the SQL constraint ON
DELETE CASCADE and also deletes the object containing the ForeignKey.
+ :meth:`.Model.delete` isn't called on related models, but the
+ :data:`~django.db.models.signals.pre_delete` and
+ :data:`~django.db.models.signals.post_delete` signals are sent for all
+ deleted objects.
+
* .. attribute:: PROTECT
Prevent deletion of the referenced object by raising