Commit d92eaebf authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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[1.7.x] Fixed #24780 -- Removed outdated discussion of signals and custom users.

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@@ -880,15 +880,6 @@ If your project uses proxy models, you must either modify the proxy to extend
the User model that is currently in use in your project, or merge your proxy's
behavior into your User subclass.

Custom users and signals
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Another limitation of custom User models is that you can't use
:func:`django.contrib.auth.get_user_model()` as the sender or target of a signal
handler. Instead, you must register the handler with the resulting User model.
See :doc:`/topics/signals` for more information on registering and sending
signals.

Custom users and testing/fixtures
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