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| author | Jeffrey Yancey <jeffrey.yancey@gmail.com> | 2018-06-28 14:39:42 -0400 |
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| committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2018-06-28 20:02:21 -0400 |
| commit | ddd9272c2e323b4e8937774425ee93ebebf8eeba (patch) | |
| tree | c479ed752ba7874d3a59d4d4d8c5d578eb6d7f74 /docs/ref/models | |
| parent | c2d44ae6cbed9fdee52ec6d15bec1ca273866d32 (diff) | |
[2.1.x] Fixed #29458 -- Doc'd how related_query_name affects Model._meta.get_field().
Backport of 2d6776ffe0b58f729f4372635b49a59da99ca206 from master
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/ref/models')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/models/meta.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/meta.txt b/docs/ref/models/meta.txt index b63305d427..8adf719e16 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/meta.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/meta.txt @@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ Retrieving a single field instance of a model by name ``field_name`` can be the name of a field on the model, a field on an abstract or inherited model, or a field defined on another model that points to the model. In the latter case, the ``field_name`` - will be the ``related_name`` defined by the user or the name automatically - generated by Django itself. + will be (in order of preference) the :attr:`~.ForeignKey.related_query_name` + set by the user, the :attr:`~.ForeignKey.related_name` set by the user, or + the name automatically generated by Django. :attr:`Hidden fields <django.db.models.Field.hidden>` cannot be retrieved by name. |