.. _0-7-6-release-notes:

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South 0.7.6
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This is a minor new release of South, and the sixth bugfix release for the 
:ref:`0.7 series <0-7-release-notes>`.

Major changes are outlined below. A full list of bugs fixed can be found on the
South Trac.


Backwards incompatible changes
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None.


--update
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There is now a new ``--update`` switch, which you can use with ``schemamigration``
to merge updates you've just done into your most recent migration and then
reverse and re-apply that migration to the database.

Note that this will only work with migrations that aren't yet committed into
a VCS - once that occurs, you should create a new migration rather than
running ``--update`` on the current one.


Table defaults
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South now keeps all defaults out of the database during table creation, to 
mirror Django's approach when creating tables. This was already the case when
adding columns.


SQLite fixes
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The SQLite backend now correctly handles boolean default values.


MSSQL fixes
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Altering ForeignKey columns now works correctly.


Firebird fixes
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Boolean defaults and autoincrement now works correctly.