Closes #4051: Disable the makemigrations management command

docs/release-notes/version-2.7.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # v2.7.4 (FUTURE)
 
+## Enhancements
+
+* [#4051](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/4051) - Disable the `makemigrations` management command
+
 ## Bug Fixes
 
 * [#4043](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/4043) - Fix toggling of required fields in custom scripts

netbox/netbox/settings.py

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = getattr(configuration, 'CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST', [])
 DATE_FORMAT = getattr(configuration, 'DATE_FORMAT', 'N j, Y')
 DATETIME_FORMAT = getattr(configuration, 'DATETIME_FORMAT', 'N j, Y g:i a')
 DEBUG = getattr(configuration, 'DEBUG', False)
+DEVELOPER = getattr(configuration, 'DEVELOPER', False)
 EMAIL = getattr(configuration, 'EMAIL', {})
 ENFORCE_GLOBAL_UNIQUE = getattr(configuration, 'ENFORCE_GLOBAL_UNIQUE', False)
 EXEMPT_VIEW_PERMISSIONS = getattr(configuration, 'EXEMPT_VIEW_PERMISSIONS', [])

netbox/utilities/management/commands/makemigrations.py

@@ -1,7 +1,28 @@
 # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
-from django.core.management.commands.makemigrations import Command
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management.base import CommandError
+from django.core.management.commands.makemigrations import Command as _Command
 from django.db import models
 
 from . import custom_deconstruct
 
 models.Field.deconstruct = custom_deconstruct
+
+
+class Command(_Command):
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        This built-in management command enables the creation of new database schema migration files, which should
+        never be required by and ordinary user. We prevent this command from executing unless the configuration
+        indicates that the user is a developer (i.e. configuration.DEVELOPER == True).
+        """
+        if not settings.DEVELOPER:
+            raise CommandError(
+                "This command is available for development purposes only. It will\n"
+                "NOT resolve any issues with missing or unapplied migrations. For assistance,\n"
+                "please post to the NetBox mailing list:\n"
+                "    https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/netbox-discuss"
+            )
+
+        super().handle(*args, **kwargs)