Django Sites Framework: Initial Data Migration Location

Question

Before Django 1.7, when using the Django Sites Framework one could/should define the initial data using Initial Fixtures.

myproject/fixtures/initial_

Answer 1

You just need to reference the highest-numbered sites migration as a dependency.

def forward(apps, schema_editor):
    Site = apps.get_model("sites", "Site")
    db_alias = schema_editor.connection.alias
    s, created = Site.objects.using(db_alias).get_or_create(pk=1)
    s.name = APP_NAME
    s.domain = APP_NAME
    s.save()


def reverse(apps, schema_editor):
    Site = apps.get_model("sites", "Site")
    db_alias = schema_editor.connection.alias
    s = Site.objects.using(db_alias).get(pk=1)
    s.name = ORIG_APP_NAME
    s.domain = ORIG_APP_NAME
    s.save()


class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [

        # `core` is the app containing this migration
        ('core', '0001_initial'),

        # `0002_alter_domain_unique` is the highest-numbered migration for
        # the sites framework
        ('sites', '0002_alter_domain_unique'),

    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.RunPython(forward, reverse)
    ]

This was tested on Django 1.11.2.

Fwiw, the MODULE_MIGRATIONS solution above does not work for me.