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+# Resetting Migrations
+
+When you absolutely balls it up and you want to start again,  
+Make sure you do the following:
+
+You first need to remove those pesky migrations from your thing:  
+```bash
+find . -path "*/migrations/*.py" -not -name "__init__.py" -delete
+find . -path "*/migrations/*.pyc"  -delete
+```
+
+Then you need to eradicate that old database and create a new one!  
+In PostgreSQL, that's easy:  
+```bash
+sudo -u postgres psql
+DROP DATABASE <database_name>
+CREATE DATBASE <database_name>
+\q
+```
+
+Now, to recreate those migrations...  
+Here is what you do:
+
+```bash
+python manage.py makemigrations
+python manage.py migrate
+```
+
+If `allauth` social accounts gives you problems - and it can:  
+You need to except this app from your application momentarily...
+Comment it out of your settings.  
+Run your migrations again.
+
+You are good, my friend.