making migrations for django project folder not working

Question

I'm building a Django app from an existing database. The existing database is all set up and working as I need it to.

The models for this existing project were automatically placed in my project directory.

Here is a rough idea of the relevant directories:

    myProject
    | manage.py
    | myProject
    |  | models.py   <- auto generated models were placed here (also new models here)
    | app1
    |  | models.py
    |  | migrations

I figured my new models would be accessed by all apps I install, so I've included some more models in the same models.py as the auto generated one.

Running makemigrations does not seem to pick up any changes I've made. (I've even included 'myProject' in installed apps)

How do I migrate these changes?

yeah it should not have a migrations folder. But you have to check whether you app1 directory has a migrations folder containing `__init__.py` or not — Arpit Solanki, Aug 13 '17 at 10:18
create a `__init__.py` file in migrations folder which should be completely empty and try to makemigrations and migrate — Arpit Solanki, Aug 13 '17 at 10:25
should I make a migrations folder in `myProject/myProject` as this is where my models are. — Shuntley, Aug 13 '17 at 10:28
You should not a have project level models. Any way you can access another app's models so why are you making project level models — Arpit Solanki, Aug 13 '17 at 10:30
I added this folder to the project one and it works. I originally made models here because that's where my automatically generated models went. Should I move all these models to an app? — Shuntley, Aug 13 '17 at 10:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '17 at 10:34

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You have to add a __init__.py to your migrations folder to make new migrations.__init__.py makes your migrations folder a module thus it can be identified by Django for new migrations.

answered Aug 13 '17 at 10:34

Arpit Solanki

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '21 at 02:20

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This is an old question, but just for completion's sake: As answered in Django project models.py versus app models.py and Django - makemigrations - No changes detected, you should not put your models in your project app. They should be scattered across your apps, where you are using them.

answered Dec 10 '21 at 02:20

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