Commit 405d6208 authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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[1.5.x] Fixed #8649 - Documented a caveat about dynamically adjusting formsets.

Backport of 4a1d425c from master
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@@ -180,7 +180,10 @@ this management data, an exception will be raised::

It is used to keep track of how many form instances are being displayed. If
you are adding new forms via JavaScript, you should increment the count fields
in this form as well.
in this form as well. On the other hand, if you are using JavaScript to allow
deletion of existing objects, then you need to ensure the ones being removed
are properly marked for deletion by including ``form-#-DELETE`` in the ``POST``
data. It is expected that all forms are present in the ``POST`` data regardless.

The management form is available as an attribute of the formset
itself. When rendering a formset in a template, you can include all