django fake initial migration

To perform a fake initial migration in Django, you can follow the steps below:

1. Open the command prompt or terminal and navigate to the root directory of your Django project.

2. Run the following command: python manage.py migrate --fake-initial

3. Django will analyze your project's database schema and compare it with the applied migrations. If there are any missing initial migrations, Django will create fake records in the django_migrations table to mark them as applied.

4. The --fake-initial flag tells Django to mark the initial migration as already applied without actually executing the SQL statements associated with it.

5. By using --fake-initial, you can avoid running the initial migration SQL statements on an already existing database.

6. After running the --fake-initial command, you can continue working on your project without any issues related to missing initial migrations.

Note: It's important to use the --fake-initial flag only if you are confident that the initial migration has already been applied to the database. Using it incorrectly can lead to inconsistencies between the database schema and the applied migrations.