How do I prevent fixtures from conflicting with django post_save signal code?

Question

In my application, I want to create entries in certain tables when a new user signs up. For instance, I want to create a userprofile which will then reference their company

Answer 1

Simple solution, add this to the beginning of your post_save function:

if kwargs.get('raw', False):
    return False

This will cause this function to exit when loading a fixture.

See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/signals/#post-save