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<p>wrote initial instructions</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Installation==<br /> *Install South using pip (pip install south)<br /> *Add &#039;south&#039; to INSTALLED_APPS<br /> <br /> ==Initial==<br /> #&#039;&#039;&#039;Backup the database&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> #Run python manage.py syncdb to create south migration tables<br /> #For each app enter &#039;&#039;&#039;python manage.py schemamigration appname --initial&#039;&#039;&#039;. This will create the initial migration.<br /> #If there is pre-existing data in the database enter &#039;&#039;&#039;python manage.py migrate --fake&#039;&#039;&#039; to run a fake migration.<br /> <br /> ==Migrate Schema Changes==<br /> #Make some change to the database schema<br /> #Enter &#039;&#039;&#039;python manage.py schemamigration appname description-of-changes --auto&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> #Enter &#039;&#039;&#039;python manage.py migrate appname&#039;&#039;&#039;</div>

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