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2 files changed, 35 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 9a4a64e..4b24797 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ ChangeLog
- The default :attr:`~factory.Sequence.type` for :class:`~factory.Sequence` is now :obj:`int`
- Fields listed in :attr:`~factory.Factory.FACTORY_HIDDEN_ARGS` won't be passed to
the associated class' constructor
-
- - Add support for ``get_or_create`` in :class:`~factory.DjangoModelFactory`
+ - Add support for ``get_or_create`` in :class:`~factory.DjangoModelFactory`,
+ through :attr:`~factory.DjangoModelFactory.FACTORY_DJANGO_GET_OR_CREATE`.
*Removed:*
diff --git a/docs/orms.rst b/docs/orms.rst
index d6ff3c3..8e5b6f6 100644
--- a/docs/orms.rst
+++ b/docs/orms.rst
@@ -35,3 +35,36 @@ All factories for a Django :class:`~django.db.models.Model` should use the
* When using :class:`~factory.RelatedFactory` or :class:`~factory.PostGeneration`
attributes, the base object will be :meth:`saved <django.db.models.Model.save>`
once all post-generation hooks have run.
+
+ .. attribute:: FACTORY_DJANGO_GET_OR_CREATE
+
+ Fields whose name are passed in this list will be used to perform a
+ :meth:`Model.objects.get_or_create() <django.db.models.query.QuerySet.get_or_create>`
+ instead of the usual :meth:`Model.objects.create() <django.db.models.query.QuerySet.create>`:
+
+ .. code-block:: python
+
+ class UserFactory(factory.DjangoModelFactory):
+ FACTORY_FOR = models.User
+ FACTORY_DJANGO_GET_OR_CREATE = ('username',)
+
+ username = 'john'
+
+ .. code-block:: pycon
+
+ >>> User.objects.all()
+ []
+ >>> UserFactory() # Creates a new user
+ <User: john>
+ >>> User.objects.all()
+ [<User: john>]
+
+ >>> UserFactory() # Fetches the existing user
+ <User: john>
+ >>> User.objects.all() # No new user!
+ [<User: john>]
+
+ >>> UserFactory(username='jack') # Creates another user
+ <User: jack>
+ >>> User.objects.all()
+ [<User: john>, <User: jack>]