Sometimes, we want to rename a model and relationship fields with Python Django migrations.

In this article, we’ll look at how to rename a model and relationship fields with Python Django migrations.

How to rename a model and relationship fields with Python Django migrations?

To rename a model and relationship fields with Python Django migrations, we can use the RenameModel and RenameField methods.

For instance, we write

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('myapp', '0001_initial'), 
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.RenameModel('Foo', 'Bar'),
        migrations.RenameField('AnotherModel', 'foo', 'bar')
    ]

to create the Migration migration class that has the operations list.

We call RenameModel to rename a model field’s name from Foo to Bar.

And we call RenameField to rename the related fields from 'foo' to 'bar'.

Then we run manage.py makemigrations to run the migration.

Conclusion

To rename a model and relationship fields with Python Django migrations, we can use the RenameModel and RenameField methods.