.. _commands:

Management Commands
===================

.. _commands-update_translation_fields:

The ``update_translation_fields`` Command
-----------------------------------------

In case modeltranslation was installed in an existing project and you
have specified to translate fields of models which are already synced to the
database, you have to update your database schema (see :ref:`db-fields`).

Unfortunately the newly added translation fields on the model will be empty
then, and your templates will show the translated value of the fields (see
:ref:`Rule 1 <rules>`) which will be empty in this case. To correctly initialize
the default translation field you can use the ``update_translation_fields``
command:

.. code-block:: console

    $ python manage.py update_translation_fields

Taken the news example used throughout the documentation this command will copy
the value from the news object's ``title`` field to the translation
field ``title_de``. It only does so if the translation field is empty
otherwise nothing is copied.

On default, only the *default language* will have its translation field populated,
but you can provide a ``--language`` option to specify any other language listed
in ``settings.py``.

.. note::

    Unless you configured modeltranslation to
    :ref:`override the default language <settings-modeltranslation_default_language>`
    the command will examine your ``settings.LANGUAGES`` variable and the first
    language declared there will be used as the default language.

All translated models (as specified in the translation files) from all apps will be
populated with initial data.

Optionally, an app label and model name may be passed to populate only a subset
of translated models.

.. code-block:: console

    $ python manage.py update_translation_fields myapp

.. code-block:: console

    $ python manage.py update_translation_fields myapp mymodel

.. _commands-sync_translation_fields:

The ``sync_translation_fields`` Command
---------------------------------------

.. versionadded:: 0.4

.. code-block:: console

    $ python manage.py sync_translation_fields

This command compares the database and translated models definitions (finding new translation
fields) and provides SQL statements to alter tables. You should run this command after adding
a new language to your ``settings.LANGUAGES`` or a new field to the ``TranslationOptions`` of
a registered model.

However, if you are using South in your project, in most cases it's recommended to use migration
instead of ``sync_translation_fields``. See :ref:`db-fields` for detailed info and use cases.


The ``loaddata`` Command
------------------------

.. versionadded:: 0.7

An extended version of Django's original ``loaddata`` command which adds an optional
``populate`` keyword. If the keyword is specified, the normal loading command will be
run under the selected auto-population modes.

By default no auto-population is performed.

.. code-block:: console

    $ python manage.py loaddata --populate=all fixtures.json

Allowed modes are listed :ref:`here <auto-population-modes>`. To choose ``False``
(turn off auto-population) specify ``'0'`` or ``'false'``:

.. code-block:: console

    $ python manage.py loaddata --populate=false fixtures.json
    $ python manage.py loaddata --populate=0 fixtures.json

.. note::

    If ``populate`` is not specified, the current auto-population mode is used. *Current* means
    the one set by :ref:`settings <settings-modeltranslation_auto_populate>`.

Moreover, this ``loaddata`` command version can override the nasty habit of changing locale to
`en-us`. By default, it will retain the proper locale. To get the old behaviour back, set
:ref:`settings-modeltranslation_loaddata_retain_locale` to ``False``.