Commit 1702be89 authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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[1.5.X] Fixed #19402 - Clarified purpose of CustomUser.REQUIRED_FIELDS

Thanks pydanny for the report and ptone for the patch.

Backport of 24a2bcbc from master
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@@ -501,9 +501,16 @@ password resets. You must then provide some key implementation details:

    .. attribute:: REQUIRED_FIELDS

        A list of the field names that *must* be provided when creating
        a user. For example, here is the partial definition for a User model
        that defines two required fields - a date of birth and height::
        A list of the field names that *must* be provided when creating a user
        via the :djadmin:`createsuperuser` management command. The user will be
        prompted to supply a value for each of these fields. It should include
        any field for which :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.blank` is ``False``
        or undefined, but may include additional fields you want prompted for
        when a user is created interactively. However, it will not work for
        :class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey` fields.

        For example, here is the partial definition for a ``User`` model that
        defines two required fields - a date of birth and height::

            class MyUser(AbstractBaseUser):
                ...