How can I automate Django migrations?

How can I automate Django migrations?

You can automate Django migrations by using management commands and scheduling them with a task scheduler like Celery.

Can you show me an example of a management command for migrations?

Sure! You can create a custom management command in your app's management/commands directory. Here's a simple example:

from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
from django.core.management import call_command

class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = 'Automate migrations'

    def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
        call_command('makemigrations')
        call_command('migrate')

How do I schedule this command to run automatically?

You can use a task scheduler like Celery or cron jobs to run this command at specified intervals. For example, with cron, you can add an entry like 0 * * * * /path/to/manage.py your_command_name to run it every hour.

What if I want to run migrations only when there are changes?

You can check for changes by using makemigrations --dry-run to see if there are any pending migrations before running the actual command.