Django: dependencies reference nonexistent parent node

Question

When I run the following command

python manage.py migrate

I receive this error from django so can't step forward in my practice:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/home/nikhil/testWeb-devEnv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 385, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/home/nikhil/testWeb-devEnv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 377, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/home/nikhil/testWeb-devEnv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 288, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File "/home/nikhil/testWeb-devEnv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 338, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/home/nikhil/testWeb-devEnv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 63, in handle
    executor = MigrationExecutor(connection, self.migration_progress_callback)
  File "/home/nikhil/testWeb-devEnv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 17, in __init__
    self.loader = MigrationLoader(self.connection)
  File "/home/nikhil/testWeb-devEnv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/loader.py", line 48, in __init__
    self.build_graph()
  File "/home/nikhil/testWeb-devEnv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/loader.py", line 241, in build_graph
    self.graph.add_dependency(migration, key, parent)
  File "/home/nikhil/testWeb-devEnv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/graph.py", line 42, in add_dependency
    raise KeyError("Migration %s dependencies reference nonexistent parent node %r" % (migration, parent))
KeyError: u"Migration testBolt.0001_initial dependencies reference nonexistent parent node (u'delivery_boy', u'0004_auto_20150221_2011')"

How do I solve this problem?

Answer 1

Solution - 1

Remove pyc files from your migrations folder.

Solution - 2

Need to remove that reference from testBolt.0001_initial by editing migration file.

Solution - 3

1. Remove the new changes from the models and run python manage.py migrate --fake

2. Now again modify your models with new changes

3. Run python manage.py makemigrations

4. And then again run python manage.py migrate

Answer 2

In my case, I had the .py extension in the dependency module name, like this:

dependencies = [
    ('dashboard', '0003_auto_20181024_0603.py'),
    ('auth', '__latest__'),
    ('contenttypes', '__latest__'),
]

I removed the .py, changing it to this

    ('dashboard', '0003_auto_20181024_0603')

and that fixed it.

Answer 3

I had the same problem. In my case, because I played with migrations manually, I forgot to create __init__.py inside of migrations folder.