CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to model_bakery will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Unreleased

Added

Changed

• Speed up Baker.get_fields() by returning _meta.fields + _meta.many_to_many directly instead of filtering _meta.get_fields().

Removed

1.23.4

Changed

• Fix AttributeError when processing models with reverse ForeignKey relations (ManyToOneRel) (#575)
• Fix _bulk_create not setting M2M fields on FK-related objects (#583)
• [dev] Fix type annotations (#584)
• [dev] Fix remaining ty type errors in baker.py and generators.py (#589)

1.23.3

Changed

• [dev] Replace mypy with ty as the primary type checker with stricter type checks
• [dev] Fix ty 0.0.17 compatibility: update rule config, fix generic TypeVar bound, pin minimum version
• Allow overriding AutoField values via iterators with _quantity and avoid hangs (#577)

1.23.2

Changed

• Fix _bulk_create=True to use bulk_create even without _quantity (#462)

1.23.1

Changed

• Fix _bulk_create for ManyToManyField using custom through models (#477)
• [dev] Clean up stale TODO and fix signal handler leak in m2m test

Removed

• [dev] Drop JSONField workarounds from tests

1.23.0

Changed

• Fix related() with FK relations creating duplicate parent entities (#397)
• [dev] CI: use uv for faster dependency installation and caching
• [dev] Fix missing psycopg dependency in tox no-contenttypes environment
• [dev] Fix USE_CONTENTTYPES=False not actually disabling contenttypes in tests

Removed

• Drop EOL Django 5.0 and 5.1 support

1.22.1

Added

• [dev] PyPI releases now use trusted publishing

Changed

• [dev] Switch build backend from hatchling to uv_build

Removed

1.22.0

Added

• Add explicit field-specific generators for AutoField, BigAutoField, and SmallAutoField (#61)
• Add dedicated generators for each integer field type that use Django's actual field ranges (#61)

Changed

• Deprecate gen_integer() in favor of field-specific generators that respect Django's field ranges (#61)
• prepare() with GenericForeignKey no longer accesses the database; content_object attribute is unavailable in this mode
• Add type hints to seq()'s increment_by argument
• docs: Update seq() import in basic usage

Removed

• Drop mentions of model_mommy from the project. The old migration script is available in the GitHub gist.

1.21.0

Added

• Add Python 3.14 support
• Add Django 6.0 support

Changed

• The creation of generic foreign key fields now respects their for_concrete_model configuration
• Refactor gen_float() to use uniform() with configurable min_float/max_float bounds instead of random() * gen_integer() which produced skewed distribution
• Refactor gen_interval() to use min_interval/max_interval instead of offset parameter which never worked as intended due to huge MAX_INT range
• Fix gen_date_range() and gen_datetime_range() to prevent empty ranges by enforcing a minimum interval of 1 day
• Use baker_random.randint() directly in gen_pg_numbers_range() instead of gen_integer()
• The gen_from_choices generator now ignores None or "" values in choices when the field doesn't allow null or blank values
• [dev] Various improvements to CI Python/Django matrices

Removed

• Drop fallbacks made for Django < 4.2
• Drop Python 3.8 and 3.9 support (reached end of life)

1.20.5

Added

• Add Django 5.2 support

Changed

• Improve documentation

1.20.4

Changed

• Fix regression introduced in 1.20.3 that prevented using auto_now and auto_now_add fields with seq or callable.

1.20.3

Changed

• Fix support of auto_now and auto_now_add fields in combination with _fill_optional
• Isolate Recipe defaults to prevent modification via instances

1.20.2

Changed

• Fix setting GFK parameter by a callable
• Fix regression forbidding using Proxy models as GFK

1.20.1

Added

• docs: Add missing doc on _refresh_after_create option

Changed

• Fix Recipe.prepare without _quantity (on one-to-one relation)

Removed

• Remove deprecation warning of datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp.

1.20.0

Added

• Support to Field db_default value
• Support to Python 3.13

1.19.5

Changed

• Reset content_type and object_id fields when the content object is None

1.19.4

Changed

• Allow None value for generic foreign keys within iterators
• Make TextField generator respect max_length
• Deprecate model_bakery.random_gen.gen_text in favor of model_bakery.random_gen.gen_string

1.19.3

Changed

• Do not handle GFK fields when the object is None

1.19.2

Added

• docs: Add Django settings example for custom field generators

Changed

• Align GFK and content type fields generation
• Allow prepare() to be used with GFK

1.19.1

Changed

• Handle bulk creation when using reverse related name

1.19.0

Added

• Add Django 5.1 support

1.18.3

Changed

• Fix support of GenericForeignKey fields in combination with _fill_optional

1.18.2

Changed

• Fix make_recipe to work with _quantity (#28)

1.18.1

Changed

• Replace expensive count() with cheap exists()

1.18.0

Added

• Add Django 5.0 support

Changed

• Allow baking without contenttypes framework

Removed

• Drop Django 3.2 and 4.1 support (reached end of life)

1.17.0

Added

• Add support to auto_now and auto_now_add fields.

Changed

• Remove unnecessary casting to string methods random_gen.gen_slug and random_gen.gen_string
• [doc] Update installation command

1.16.0

Added

• [dev] Test coverage report

Changed

• Improved performance of Baker.get_fields()
• [dev] Cleanup Sphinx documentation config
• [dev] Update pre-commit config
• [dev] CI: remove hard requirement on linters for tests to run

1.15.0

Added

• Add Python 3.12 support

Changed

• Revert erroneous optimisation of related logic (fix #439)
• [dev] Bring tox back

Removed

1.14.0

Added

• forward "_create_files" flag to child generators for relational fields

Changed

• Small improvements to recipe.py::_mapping
• Improvements to baker.py::bulk_create
• [dev] Replaced pycodestyle, pydocstyle, flake8 and isort with ruff
• [dev] Drop tox in favor of using GitHub Actions matrix

Removed

• Drop baker.py::is_iterator
• Drop Python 3.7 support (reached end of life)

1.13.0

Added

• Add support for global seeding to baker random generation

1.12.0

Added

• Add support for CharField with max_length=None

Changed

• Fix utils.seq with start=0

1.11.0

Added

• Add psycopg3 support for Django 4.2

1.10.3

Changed

• Enforce Python 3.7 as a minimum version in project metadata

Removed

• dropped support for FloatRangeField as it was removed in Django 3.1
• [dev] Temporary drop Django 4.2 to package classifiers (waiting for build backend support)

1.10.2

Changed

• [dev] Test Python 3.11 with Django 4.2
• [dev] Add Django 4.2 to package classifiers

1.10.1

Changed

• [dev] Fix GitHub Action for publishing to PyPI

1.10.0

Added

• Django 4.2 support

Changed

• [dev] Switch to Python 3.11 release in CI
• [dev] Unify and simplify tox config with tox-py
• [dev] pre-commit autoupdate && pre-commit run --all-files
• [dev] Run pyupgrade with Python 3.7 as a base
• [dev] PEP 621: Migrate from setup.py and setup.cfg to pyproject.toml
• [dev] Convert format and some string interpolations to fstring

1.9.0

Changed

• Fixed a bug with seq being passed a tz-aware start value PR #353
• Create m2m when using _bulk_create=True PR #354
• [dev] Use official postgis docker image in CI PR #355

1.8.0

Changed

• Improve Baker.get_fields() to subtract lists instead of extra set cast PR #352

1.7.1

Changed

• Remove warning for future Django deprecation PR #339

1.7.0

Changed

• Fixed a bug with overwritten _save_kwargs and other custom arguments PR #330

1.6.0

Added

• Python 3.11 support PR #327
• Django 4.1 support PR #327
• Added documentation for callables, iterables, sequences PR #309

Changed

• [dev] Replace changelog reminder action with a custom solution that can ignore Dependabot PRs PR #328

Removed

• Drop Python 3.6 support PR #325
• Drop Django 2.2 support PR #326

1.5.0

Added

• Add py.typed export per PEP 561 PR #158

Changed

• Extend type hints in model_bakery.recipe module, make Recipe class generic PR #292
• Explicitly add _fill_optional parameters to baker.make and baker.prepare to aid IDE autocomplete function. PR #264
• Fixed errors with reverse M2M relationships PR #299
• Fixed errors with reverse M2O relationships PR #300
• Improve exception message for unknown field types PR #301
• Fixed random generation of ContentType values when there is no database access #290

1.4.0

Added

• Added postgis version to test settings
• Add support for Python 3.10 PR #244
• Support for Django 4.0 PR #236

Changed

• Validate increment_by parameter of seq helper when value is an instance of datetime PR #247
• Fix a simple typo in bulk_create disclaimer in docs PR #245
• Allow relation _id fields to use sequences PR #253
• Fix bulk_create not working with multi-database setup PR #252
• Conditionally support NullBooleanField, it's under deprecation and will be removed in Django 4.0 PR #250
• Fix Django max version pin in requirements file PR #251
• Improve type hinting to return the correct type depending on _quantity usage PR #261

Removed

• Drop official Django 3.1 support. Django 2.2 is still supported, and 3.1 will likely keep working, but it’s not tested PR #236

1.3.3

Added

• _bulk_create flag is not populating related objects as well PR #206
• Add support for iterators on GFK fields when using _quantity param PR #207
• Add support for iterators on many-to-many fields PR#237

Changed

• Fix typos in Recipes documentation page PR #212
• Add venv to ignored folders of flake8 and pydocstyle PR#214
• Run flake8 after code modifications when linting PR#214
• Add typing for baker.make and baker.prepare PR#213

1.3.2

Changed

• Fixed a bug (introduced in 1.2.1) that was breaking imports of recipes from non-installed-app modules PR #201
• Dependencies updates

1.3.1

Added

• [dev] Add explanations to imports in generators.py to match with current supported Django versions PR #179

Changed

• Fix requirements.txt to cover Django 3.2 (everything from 2.2 till 4.0) PR #182

1.3.0

Added

• Add Django 3.2 LTS support PR #176
• Add new _bulk_create parameter to make for using Django manager bulk_create with _quantity PR #134
• Add the functionality to import Django models using the app_name.ModelName convention in import_from_str PR #140
• Add the functionality to import recipes using app_name.recipe_name PR #140
• Add new one_to_one parameter to foreign_key to allow usage of _quantity for recipes based on models with OneToOne fields PR #169
• [docs] Improved documentation on Recipe's import string PR #175
• [dev] Add a unit test for utils.seq PR #143
• [dev] Run CI against main Django branch to cover possible upcoming changes/deprecations PR #159
• [dev] Add GH Action for package releasing PR #168

Changed

• Fixed a bug (introduced in 1.2.1) that was breaking creation of model instances with related model fields PR #164
• Type hinting fixed for Recipe "_model" parameter PR #124
• Dependencies updates from dependabot PRs #170 - #171 - #172 - #173 - #174
• [dev] Modify setup.py to not import the whole module for package data, but get it from __about__.py PR #142
• [dev] Add Dependabot config file PR #146
• [dev] Update Dependabot config file to support GH Actions and auto-rebase PR #160

Removed

• model_bakery.timezone.now fallback (use django.utils.timezone.now instead) PR #141
• model_bakery.timezone.smart_datetime function (directly use model_bakery.timezone.tz_aware instead) PR #147
• Remove all signs of Django 1.11 (as we dropped it in 1.2.1) PR #157
• Drop unsupported Django 3.0 from CI (https://www.djangoproject.com/download/#unsupported-versions) PR #176

1.2.1

Added

• Add ability to pass str values to foreign_key for recipes from other modules PR #120
• Add new parameter _using to support multi database Django applications PR #126
• [dev] Add instructions and script for running postgres and postgis tests. PR #118

Changed

• Fixed _model parameter annotations PR #115
• Fixes bug when field has callable default PR #117

Removed

• [dev] Drop Python 3.5 support as it is retired (https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3510/) PR #119
• [dev] Remove support for Django<2.2 (more about Django supported versions) PR #126

1.2.0

Added

• Support to django 3.1 JSONField PR #85 and PR #106
• Added type annotations PR #100
• Support for Python 3.9 PR #113
• [dev] Changelog reminder (GitHub action)
• Add pytest example

Changed

• Support for prefix in seq values (PR #111 fixes Issue #93)
• [dev] CI switched to GitHub Actions
• [dev] Freeze dev requirements
• [dev] Add Django 3.1 to test matrix PR #103 and PR #112
• [dev] pre-commit to use local packages (so versions will match)
• [dev] consistent use of pydocstyle
• [dev] Updates to MANIFEST.in
• [dev] Correct field in recipe docs
• [dev] Adjust imports for Django 3.1 compatibility PR #112

Removed

1.1.1

Added

• Support to Postgres fields: DecimalRangeField, FloatRangeField, IntegerRangeField, BigIntegerRangeField, DateRangeField, DateTimeRangeField PR #80

Changed

• Add isort and fix imports PR #77
• Enable seq to be imported from baker PR #76
• Fix PostGIS model registration PR #67

Removed

1.1.0

Added

• Django 3.0 and Python 3.8 to CI PR #48

Changed

• Improve code comments PR #31
• Switch to tox-travis PR #43
• Add black job PR #42
• README.md instead of rst PR #44
• New start argument in baker.seq PR #56
• Fixes bug when registering custom fields generator via settings.py PR #58
• The different IntegerField types now will generate values on their min/max range PR #59

Removed

1.0.2

Added

Changed

• Improvements on the migrations script

Removed

1.0.1

Added

• Python script to help developers on migrating from Model Mommy to Model Bakery

Changed

Removed

1.0.0

Added

Changed

• Rename model_mommy code to model_bakery

Removed