How can I restore related objects by django-reversion.
I tried the following which does not work...
models.py:
@reversion.register(follow=['bar_set',])
class Foo(models.Model):
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
with transaction.atomic(), reversion.create_revision():
return super(Foo, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
@reversion.register
class Bar(models.Model):
foo = models.ForeignKey(Foo)
def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
with transaction.atomic(), reversion.create_revision():
return super(Bar, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
And the following test
test.py:
class TestModels(TestCase):
def test_soft_delete(self):
from myapp.models import Foo, Bar
a = Foo()
a.save()
b1 = Bar(foo=a)
b1.save()
b2 = Bar(foo=a)
b2.save()
a.delete()
self.assertEqual(0, Foo.objects.count())
self.assertEqual(0, Bar.objects.count())
version = reversion.get_deleted(Foo)[0] # There is only one.
version.revert()
self.assertEqual(1, Foo.objects.count())
self.assertEqual(2, Bar.objects.count()) # HERE IT FAILS: 2 != 0
Finally I was able to do it manually in some suboptimal way:
I have putted the code into a custom QuerySet
class FooQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
def restore(self, id):
# restore
deleted_list = reversion.get_deleted(self.model)
deleted_list.get(id=id).revision.revert()
# restore related
deleted_list = reversion.get_deleted(Bar)
bar_set = filter(lambda s: s.field_dict['foo'] == id, deleted_list)
for bar in bar_set:
bar.revision.revert()
Then the Foo
object need have a custom manager
class Foo(models.Model):
...
objects = FooQuerySet.as_manager()
One can extract the related fields automatically from the model. But to do it manually is enough for my purposes.