How to manage django missing third-party application migration files?

Question

I have a problem with migrations to the hero. I just updated the django version from 1.8.1 to 1.8.2 in my hero project, due to some missing migrations:

https://github.com/django/django/blob/1.8/django/contrib/auth/migrations/0005_alter_user_last_login_null.py#L14-L18

After this update in my local project, I had to follow the standard procedure: python manage.py makemigrations python manage.py migrate

Of course, these new, generated migrations are outside of my git repository. If I launched the start of heroku, this will create new migrations in the new dynamics, so without any effect on my current slug.

What is the best solution for this situation? How to create migrations or add missing migrations of django or 3rd part libraries when, for example, you are doing libs updates? What is the best working strategy?

Answer 1

The answer is quiet, trivial, may be useful to others. The correct answer is to use MIGRATION_MODULES.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/#std:setting-MIGRATION_MODULES