You probably don't need get_user_model (#4879)

* You probably don't need `get_user_model`
Fixes #4872

* Fix Flake8 (add space after import)

* (try to) fix ruff

* Fix import format

.github/contributors.json

@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@
     "twitter_username": "Qoyyuum"
   },
   {
-    "name": "mfosterw",
+    "name": "Matthew Foster Walsh",
     "github_login": "mfosterw",
     "twitter_username": ""
   },

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/admin.py

@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.auth import admin as auth_admin
-from django.contrib.auth import decorators
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.forms import UserAdminChangeForm
 from {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.forms import UserAdminCreationForm
-
+from {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.models import User
-User = get_user_model()
 
 if settings.DJANGO_ADMIN_FORCE_ALLAUTH:
     # Force the `admin` sign in process to go through the `django-allauth` workflow:
     # https://docs.allauth.org/en/latest/common/admin.html#admin
-    admin.site.login = decorators.login_required(admin.site.login)  # type: ignore[method-assign]
+    admin.site.login = login_required(admin.site.login)  # type: ignore[method-assign]
 
 
 @admin.register(User)

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/api/serializers.py

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
-from {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.models import User as UserType
+from {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.models import User
-
-User = get_user_model()
 
 
-class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer[UserType]):
+class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer[User]):
     class Meta:
         model = User
         {%- if cookiecutter.username_type == "email" %}

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/api/views.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.decorators import action
 from rest_framework.mixins import ListModelMixin
@@ -7,9 +6,9 @@ from rest_framework.mixins import UpdateModelMixin
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.viewsets import GenericViewSet
 
-from .serializers import UserSerializer
+from {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.models import User
 
-User = get_user_model()
+from .serializers import UserSerializer
 
 
 class UserViewSet(RetrieveModelMixin, ListModelMixin, UpdateModelMixin, GenericViewSet):

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/forms.py

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 from allauth.account.forms import SignupForm
 from allauth.socialaccount.forms import SignupForm as SocialSignupForm
 from django.contrib.auth import forms as admin_forms
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 {%- if cookiecutter.username_type == "email" %}
 from django.forms import EmailField
 {%- endif %}
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
-User = get_user_model()
+from {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.models import User
 
 
 class UserAdminChangeForm(admin_forms.UserChangeForm):

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/tasks.py

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-
 from config import celery_app
-
+from {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.models import User
-User = get_user_model()
 
 
 @celery_app.task()

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/tests/factories.py

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from typing import Any
 
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from factory import Faker
 from factory import post_generation
 from factory.django import DjangoModelFactory
 
+from {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.models import User
+
 
 class UserFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
     {%- if cookiecutter.username_type == "username" %}
@@ -38,5 +39,5 @@ class UserFactory(DjangoModelFactory):
             instance.save()
 
     class Meta:
-        model = get_user_model()
+        model = User
         django_get_or_create = ["{{cookiecutter.username_type}}"]

{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/users/views.py

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
 from django.contrib.messages.views import SuccessMessageMixin
 from django.urls import reverse
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@ from django.views.generic import DetailView
 from django.views.generic import RedirectView
 from django.views.generic import UpdateView
 
-User = get_user_model()
+from {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.models import User
 
 
 class UserDetailView(LoginRequiredMixin, DetailView):