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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2015-03-28 08:54:59 -0400
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2015-03-28 08:59:53 -0400
commit7c7d29adbeb078655f9133a14d865955d1d26048 (patch)
tree195b688a4e22eb2f53658c3d6e2a596e993ebe78 /docs/topics
parentbe865fe62e4d177743e3500effc0907b98c357a1 (diff)
[1.7.x] Fixed #24541 -- Clarified ModelFormSet's handling of initial data.
Backport of 6de3a1e2c34ae5bfcdec3ebbf3d682aa578ecae0 from master
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@@ -874,7 +874,8 @@ As with regular formsets, it's possible to :ref:`specify initial data
parameter when instantiating the model formset class returned by
:func:`~django.forms.models.modelformset_factory`. However, with model
formsets, the initial values only apply to extra forms, those that aren't
-attached to an existing model instance.
+attached to an existing model instance. If the extra forms with initial data
+aren't changed by the user, they won't be validated or saved.
.. _saving-objects-in-the-formset: