Commit 5d029f22 authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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[1.5.x] Fixed #20646 -- Clarified the use of AbstractBaseUser.REQUIRED_FIELDS

Thanks craigbruce.

Backport of db3de528 from master
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@@ -502,13 +502,15 @@ 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
        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.
        A list of the field names that will be prompted for 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 must
        include any field for which :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.blank` is
        ``False`` or undefined and 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.
        ``REQUIRED_FIELDS`` has no effect in other parts of Django, like
        creating a user in the admin.

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