I am using django 1.7 and I just added a custom user model. When I run either python3 manage.py makemigrations or python3 manage.py migrate I get t
I met the same problem. and I found my Django version is 1.7.0.
After running pip install django --upgrade, my Django version changed to 1.7.4, and the problem is gone.
I remember the other computer that sync the projects files with this one through Internet, has Django version 1.7.3. So I come to the conclusion that this problem is caused by inconsistent versions of Django.