This utility makes a text dump of a model instance, including objects related by a forward or reverse foreign key. The result is a hierarchical data structure where
* each instance is represented as a list of fields,
* each field as a (<name>, <value>) tuple,
* each <value> as a primitive type, a related object (as a list of fields), or a list of related objects.
See the docstring for examples.
We used this to make text dumps of parts of the database before and after running a batch job. The format was more useful than stock `dumpdata` output since all related data is included with each object. These dumps lend themselves particularly well for comparison with a visual diff tool like [Meld](http://meldmerge.org/).
- serialize
- dump
- model
- instance