How to move a model between two Django apps (Django 1.7)

Question

So about a year ago I started a project and like all new developers I didn\'t really focus too much on the structure, however now I am further along with Django it has start

Answer 1

You can try the following (untested):

1. move the model from src_app to dest_app
2. migrate dest_app; make sure the schema migration depends on the latest src_app migration (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/migrations/#migration-files)
3. add a data migration to dest_app, that copies all data from src_app
4. migrate src_app; make sure the schema migration depends on the latest (data) migration of dest_app -- that is: the migration of step 3

Note that you will be copying the whole table, instead of moving it, but that way both apps don't have to touch a table that belongs to the other app, which I think is more important.