Django - makemigrations - No changes detected

Question

I was trying to create migrations within an existing app using the makemigrations command but it outputs \"No changes detected\".

Usually I create new apps using the

Answer 1

The solution is you have to include your app in INSTALLED_APPS.

I missed it and I found this same issue.

after specifying my app name migration became successful

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'boards',
]

please note I mentioned boards in last, which is my app name.