#36791: Migration does not drop old M2M through-table when ManyToManyField 
target
model changes
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     Reporter:  Johanan Oppong       |                    Owner:  (none)
  Amoateng                           |
         Type:  Bug                  |                   Status:  new
    Component:  Migrations           |                  Version:  6.0
     Severity:  Normal               |               Resolution:
     Keywords:                       |             Triage Stage:  Accepted
    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 Jacob Walls):

 * component:  Database layer (models, ORM) => Migrations
 * stage:  Unreviewed => Accepted
 * type:  Uncategorized => Bug

Comment:

 Thanks, replicated. Patch looks straightforward, would you be willing to
 submit a PR and extrapolate from similar existing test cases?

 {{{#!diff
 diff --git a/django/db/migrations/autodetector.py
 b/django/db/migrations/autodetector.py
 index 7cc22c0637..fca73a675d 100644
 --- a/django/db/migrations/autodetector.py
 +++ b/django/db/migrations/autodetector.py
 @@ -1339,7 +1339,8 @@ class MigrationAutodetector:
              if old_field_dec != new_field_dec and old_field_name ==
 field_name:
                  both_m2m = old_field.many_to_many and
 new_field.many_to_many
                  neither_m2m = not old_field.many_to_many and not
 new_field.many_to_many
 -                if both_m2m or neither_m2m:
 +                target_changed = both_m2m and new_field_dec[2]["to"] !=
 old_field_dec[2]["to"]
 +                if (both_m2m or neither_m2m) and not target_changed:
                      # Either both fields are m2m or neither is
                      preserve_default = True
                      if (
 }}}
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36791#comment:1>
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