Fixed #31123 -- Added --include-stale-apps option to the remove_stale_contenttypes management command.

Co-Authored-By: Javier Buzzi <buzzi.javier@gmail.com>

django/contrib/contenttypes/management/commands/remove_stale_contenttypes.py

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
+import itertools
+
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.core.management import BaseCommand
 from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, router
 from django.db.models.deletion import Collector
 
-from ...management import get_contenttypes_and_models
-
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
 
@@ -18,18 +18,32 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             '--database', default=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS,
             help='Nominates the database to use. Defaults to the "default" database.',
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--include-stale-apps', action='store_true', default=False,
+            help=(
+                "Deletes stale content types including ones from previously "
+                "installed apps that have been removed from INSTALLED_APPS."
+            ),
+        )
 
     def handle(self, **options):
         db = options['database']
+        include_stale_apps = options['include_stale_apps']
         interactive = options['interactive']
         verbosity = options['verbosity']
 
-        for app_config in apps.get_app_configs():
+        if not router.allow_migrate_model(db, ContentType):
-            content_types, app_models = get_contenttypes_and_models(app_config, db, ContentType)
+            return
-            to_remove = [
+        ContentType.objects.clear_cache()
-                ct for (model_name, ct) in content_types.items()
+
-                if model_name not in app_models
+        apps_content_types = itertools.groupby(
-            ]
+            ContentType.objects.using(db).order_by('app_label', 'model'),
+            lambda obj: obj.app_label,
+        )
+        for app_label, content_types in apps_content_types:
+            if not include_stale_apps and app_label not in apps.app_configs:
+                continue
+            to_remove = [ct for ct in content_types if ct.model_class() is None]
             # Confirm that the content type is stale before deletion.
             using = router.db_for_write(ContentType)
             if to_remove:

docs/ref/django-admin.txt

@@ -1651,6 +1651,13 @@ the deletion.
 
 Specifies the database to use. Defaults to ``default``.
 
+.. django-admin-option:: --include-stale-apps
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.1
+
+Deletes stale content types including ones from previously installed apps that
+have been removed from :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`. Defaults to ``False``.
+
 ``django.contrib.gis``
 ----------------------
 

docs/releases/3.1.txt

@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ Minor features
 :mod:`django.contrib.contenttypes`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* ...
+* The new :option:`remove_stale_contenttypes --include-stale-apps` option
+  allows removing stale content types from previously installed apps that have
+  been removed from :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`.
 
 :mod:`django.contrib.gis`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

tests/contenttypes_tests/test_management.py

@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ from django.test.utils import captured_stdout
 from .models import ModelWithNullFKToSite, Post
 
 
-@modify_settings(INSTALLED_APPS={'append': ['no_models']})
+@modify_settings(INSTALLED_APPS={'append': ['empty_models', 'no_models']})
 class RemoveStaleContentTypesTests(TestCase):
     # Speed up tests by avoiding retrieving ContentTypes for all test apps.
-    available_apps = ['contenttypes_tests', 'no_models', 'django.contrib.contenttypes']
+    available_apps = [
+        'contenttypes_tests',
+        'empty_models',
+        'no_models',
+        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    ]
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.before_count = ContentType.objects.count()
@@ -65,9 +70,34 @@ class RemoveStaleContentTypesTests(TestCase):
             contenttypes_management.create_contenttypes(self.app_config, interactive=False, verbosity=0, apps=apps)
         self.assertEqual(ContentType.objects.count(), self.before_count + 1)
 
-    def test_contenttypes_removed_in_apps_without_models(self):
+    @modify_settings(INSTALLED_APPS={'remove': ['empty_models']})
-        ContentType.objects.create(app_label='no_models', model='Fake')
+    def test_contenttypes_removed_in_installed_apps_without_models(self):
+        ContentType.objects.create(app_label='empty_models', model='Fake 1')
+        ContentType.objects.create(app_label='no_models', model='Fake 2')
         with mock.patch('builtins.input', return_value='yes'), captured_stdout() as stdout:
             call_command('remove_stale_contenttypes', verbosity=2)
-        self.assertIn("Deleting stale content type 'no_models | Fake'", stdout.getvalue())
+        self.assertNotIn(
+            "Deleting stale content type 'empty_models | Fake 1'",
+            stdout.getvalue(),
+        )
+        self.assertIn(
+            "Deleting stale content type 'no_models | Fake 2'",
+            stdout.getvalue(),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(ContentType.objects.count(), self.before_count + 1)
+
+    @modify_settings(INSTALLED_APPS={'remove': ['empty_models']})
+    def test_contenttypes_removed_for_apps_not_in_installed_apps(self):
+        ContentType.objects.create(app_label='empty_models', model='Fake 1')
+        ContentType.objects.create(app_label='no_models', model='Fake 2')
+        with mock.patch('builtins.input', return_value='yes'), captured_stdout() as stdout:
+            call_command('remove_stale_contenttypes', include_stale_apps=True, verbosity=2)
+        self.assertIn(
+            "Deleting stale content type 'empty_models | Fake 1'",
+            stdout.getvalue(),
+        )
+        self.assertIn(
+            "Deleting stale content type 'no_models | Fake 2'",
+            stdout.getvalue(),
+        )
         self.assertEqual(ContentType.objects.count(), self.before_count)