Fixed #31007 -- Allowed specifying type of auto-created primary keys.

This also changes the default type of auto-created primary keys
for new apps and projects to BigAutoField.
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Tom Forbes 2020-07-12 13:59:57 +01:00 committed by Mariusz Felisiak
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28 changed files with 415 additions and 11 deletions

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@ -259,11 +259,12 @@ details can be found in the :ref:`common model field option reference
Automatic primary key fields
----------------------------
By default, Django gives each model the following field::
By default, Django gives each model an auto-incrementing primary key with the
type specified per app in :attr:`AppConfig.default_auto_field
<django.apps.AppConfig.default_auto_field>` or globally in the
:setting:`DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD` setting. For example::
id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
This is an auto-incrementing primary key.
id = models.BigAutoField(primary_key=True)
If you'd like to specify a custom primary key, specify
:attr:`primary_key=True <Field.primary_key>` on one of your fields. If Django
@ -273,6 +274,11 @@ sees you've explicitly set :attr:`Field.primary_key`, it won't add the automatic
Each model requires exactly one field to have :attr:`primary_key=True
<Field.primary_key>` (either explicitly declared or automatically added).
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
In older versions, auto-created primary key fields were always
:class:`AutoField`\s.
.. _verbose-field-names:
Verbose field names