Django snippets

def rename_dupes(model, field_name):
    """
    Rename duplicate character fields, by adding numbers to duplicates.

    example: contents2, contents3, etc.
    """
    changed = set()
    for obj in model.objects.all():
        value = getattr(obj, field_name)
        duplicates = model.objects.filter(**{field_name: value}).exclude(pk=obj.pk)
        for i, dupe in enumerate(duplicates):
            if dupe.pk in changed:
                continue
            changed.add(obj.pk)
            changed.add(dupe.pk)
            print 'Fixing duplicate %s.%s:' % (obj.__class__.__name__, field_name), obj.pk, obj.name, '-', dupe.pk, dupe.name
            setattr(dupe, field_name, value + str(i+2))
            dupe.save()