Using South To Migrate a Django Database

Installation

• Install South using pip (pip install south)
• Add 'south' to INSTALLED_APPS

Initial

1. Backup the database
2. Run python manage.py syncdb to create south migration tables
3. For each app enter python manage.py schemamigration appname --initial. This will create the initial migration.
4. If there is pre-existing data in the database enter python manage.py migrate --fake to run a fake migration.

Migrate Schema Changes

1. Make some change to the database schema
2. Enter python manage.py schemamigration appname description-of-changes --auto
3. Enter python manage.py migrate appname