User monkeypatching (longer username) now works for admin as well
[flowspy] / monkey_patch / models.py
1 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
2 from django.db.models.signals import class_prepared
3 from django.core.validators import MaxLengthValidator
4 from flowspy.monkey_patch import MAX_USERNAME_LENGTH
5
6 def longer_username(sender, *args, **kwargs):
7     if sender.__name__ == "User" and sender.__module__ == "django.contrib.auth.models":
8         sender._meta.get_field("username").max_length = MAX_USERNAME_LENGTH()
9         # For Django 1.2 to work, the validator has to be declared apart from max_length
10         sender._meta.get_field("username").validators = [MaxLengthValidator(MAX_USERNAME_LENGTH())]
11         sender._meta.get_field("username").help_text = _("Required, %s characters or fewer. Only letters, numbers, and @, ., +, -, or _ characters." % MAX_USERNAME_LENGTH())
12 class_prepared.connect(longer_username)