#24059: app_label not handled when set to the same project name in all the 
django
app
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     Reporter:  foxmask     |                    Owner:  nobody
         Type:  Bug         |                   Status:  closed
    Component:  Migrations  |                  Version:  1.7
     Severity:  Normal      |               Resolution:  invalid
     Keywords:              |             Triage Stage:  Unreviewed
    Has patch:  0           |      Needs documentation:  0
  Needs tests:  0           |  Patch needs improvement:  0
Easy pickings:  0           |                    UI/UX:  0
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Changes (by shaib):

 * status:  new => closed
 * needs_better_patch:   => 0
 * resolution:   => invalid
 * needs_tests:   => 0
 * needs_docs:   => 0


Comment:

 I suspect what you see is the documented behavior, although it may not
 seem that way.

 The  most unintuitive point, probably, is that by setting the model's
 `app_label` to `"foobar"`, you have effectively placed it in the "foobar"
 app, even though the model is defined in foxmask/models.py. If you just
 want to control the database table name, use `db_table`.

 The next piece is that apps without a `migrations` folder are considered
 "unmigrated" apps, and have the same behavior as old `syncdb` -- only new
 models are added, changes in existing models are not detected; and the
 project app -- which typically has no models -- does not, by default, have
 migrations either.

 So, by setting the `app_label` as you have, you've put your models in an
 unmigrated app.

 You can add migrations to the project app by running `./manage.py
 makemigrations foobar`.

 If you still feel there is a problem with Django's behavior here, please
 ask about it on the mailing list -- see UsingTheMailingList.

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