Refs #25604 -- Removed makemigrations --exit option per deprecation timeline.

django/core/management/commands/makemigrations.py

 import io
 import os
 import sys
-import warnings
 from itertools import takewhile
 
 from django.apps import apps
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ from django.db.migrations.questioner import (
 from django.db.migrations.state import ProjectState
 from django.db.migrations.utils import get_migration_name_timestamp
 from django.db.migrations.writer import MigrationWriter
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango20Warning
 from django.utils.six import iteritems
 from django.utils.six.moves import zip
 
@@ -52,11 +50,6 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             '-n', '--name', action='store', dest='name', default=None,
             help="Use this name for migration file(s).",
         )
-        parser.add_argument(
-            '-e', '--exit', action='store_true', dest='exit_code', default=False,
-            help='Exit with error code 1 if no changes needing migrations are found. '
-                 'Deprecated, use the --check option instead.',
-        )
         parser.add_argument(
             '--check', action='store_true', dest='check_changes',
             help='Exit with a non-zero status if model changes are missing migrations.',
@@ -69,15 +62,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         self.merge = options['merge']
         self.empty = options['empty']
         self.migration_name = options['name']
-        self.exit_code = options['exit_code']
         check_changes = options['check_changes']
 
-        if self.exit_code:
-            warnings.warn(
-                "The --exit option is deprecated in favor of the --check option.",
-                RemovedInDjango20Warning
-            )
-
         # Make sure the app they asked for exists
         app_labels = set(app_labels)
         bad_app_labels = set()
@@ -186,9 +172,6 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                     self.stdout.write("No changes detected in apps '%s'" % ("', '".join(app_labels)))
                 else:
                     self.stdout.write("No changes detected")
-
-            if self.exit_code:
-                sys.exit(1)
         else:
             self.write_migration_files(changes)
             if check_changes:

docs/ref/django-admin.txt

@@ -704,12 +704,6 @@ Enables fixing of migration conflicts.
 
 Allows naming the generated migration(s) instead of using a generated name.
 
-.. django-admin-option:: --exit, -e
-
-.. deprecated:: 1.10
-
-   Use the ``--check`` option instead.
-
 Makes ``makemigrations`` exit with error code 1 when no migrations are created
 (or would have been created, if combined with ``--dry-run``).
 

docs/releases/1.8.txt

@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ Management Commands
   :setting:`FIXTURE_DIRS` contains duplicates or a default fixture directory
   path (``app_name/fixtures``), an exception is raised.
 
-* The new :option:`makemigrations --exit` option allows exiting with an error
+* The new ``makemigrations --exit`` option allows exiting with an error
   code if no migrations are created.
 
 * The new :djadmin:`showmigrations` command allows listing all migrations and

docs/releases/2.0.txt

@@ -319,3 +319,5 @@ these features.
 * The ``django.template.loader.LoaderOrigin`` and
   ``django.template.base.StringOrigin`` aliases for
   ``django.template.base.Origin`` are removed.
+
+* The ``makemigrations --exit`` option is removed.

tests/migrations/test_commands.py

@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ from django.db.migrations.exceptions import (
     InconsistentMigrationHistory, MigrationSchemaMissing,
 )
 from django.db.migrations.recorder import MigrationRecorder
-from django.test import ignore_warnings, mock, override_settings
+from django.test import mock, override_settings
 from django.utils import six
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango20Warning
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
 from .models import UnicodeModel, UnserializableModel
@@ -1232,19 +1231,6 @@ class MakeMigrationsTests(MigrationTestBase):
             self.assertIn("dependencies=[\n('migrations','0001_%s'),\n]" % migration_name_0001, content)
             self.assertIn("operations=[\n]", content)
 
-    @ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango20Warning)
-    def test_makemigrations_exit(self):
-        """
-        makemigrations --exit should exit with sys.exit(1) when there are no
-        changes to an app.
-        """
-        with self.temporary_migration_module():
-            call_command("makemigrations", "--exit", "migrations", verbosity=0)
-
-        with self.temporary_migration_module(module="migrations.test_migrations_no_changes"):
-            with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
-                call_command("makemigrations", "--exit", "migrations", verbosity=0)
-
     def test_makemigrations_check(self):
         """
         makemigrations --check should exit with a non-zero status when