From aa9452471b713f550705c567601c8ad235ca4103 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 10:06:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Extend update_object() to support non-field attribute
 assignment

---
 netbox_branching/utilities.py | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netbox_branching/utilities.py b/netbox_branching/utilities.py
index 30c2a27..3f63910 100644
--- a/netbox_branching/utilities.py
+++ b/netbox_branching/utilities.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 
 from django.contrib import messages
-from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
+from django.core.exceptions import FieldDoesNotExist, ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db.models import ForeignKey, ManyToManyField
 from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest
 from django.urls import reverse
@@ -188,13 +188,16 @@ def update_object(instance, data, using):
         if attr == 'custom_fields':
             attr = 'custom_field_data'
 
-        model_field = instance._meta.get_field(attr)
-        field_cls = model_field.__class__
+        try:
+            model_field = instance._meta.get_field(attr)
+            field_cls = model_field.__class__
+        except FieldDoesNotExist:
+            field_cls = None
 
-        if issubclass(field_cls, ForeignKey):
+        if field_cls and issubclass(field_cls, ForeignKey):
             # Direct value assignment for ForeignKeys must be done by the field's concrete name
             setattr(instance, f'{attr}_id', value)
-        elif issubclass(field_cls, (ManyToManyField, TaggableManager)):
+        elif field_cls and issubclass(field_cls, (ManyToManyField, TaggableManager)):
             # Use M2M manager for ManyToMany assignments
             m2m_manager = getattr(instance, attr)
             m2m_assignments[m2m_manager] = value

From 26b68cfbc3c9c9f01278e184aa35f2504635553f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 10:06:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Call a model's custom serialize_object() &
 deserialize_object() methods if defined

---
 netbox_branching/models/changes.py   | 6 +++++-
 netbox_branching/signal_receivers.py | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/netbox_branching/models/changes.py b/netbox_branching/models/changes.py
index 1d8606d..68e91a0 100644
--- a/netbox_branching/models/changes.py
+++ b/netbox_branching/models/changes.py
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ def apply(self, branch, using=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, logger=None):
 
         # Creating a new object
         if self.action == ObjectChangeActionChoices.ACTION_CREATE:
-            instance = deserialize_object(model, self.postchange_data, pk=self.changed_object_id)
+            if hasattr(model, 'deserialize_object'):
+                instance = model.deserialize_object(self.postchange_data, pk=self.changed_object_id)
+            else:
+                instance = deserialize_object(model, self.postchange_data, pk=self.changed_object_id)
             logger.debug(f'Creating {model._meta.verbose_name} {instance}')
             instance.object.full_clean()
             instance.save(using=using)
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ def apply(self, branch, using=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, logger=None):
         # Modifying an object
         elif self.action == ObjectChangeActionChoices.ACTION_UPDATE:
             instance = model.objects.using(using).get(pk=self.changed_object_id)
+            logger.debug(f'Updating {model._meta.verbose_name} {instance}')
             update_object(instance, self.diff()['post'], using=using)
 
         # Deleting an object
diff --git a/netbox_branching/signal_receivers.py b/netbox_branching/signal_receivers.py
index ea27f8a..23621ec 100644
--- a/netbox_branching/signal_receivers.py
+++ b/netbox_branching/signal_receivers.py
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ def record_change_diff(instance, **kwargs):
                 model = instance.changed_object_type.model_class()
                 with deactivate_branch():
                     obj = model.objects.get(pk=instance.changed_object_id)
-                    current_data = serialize_object(obj, exclude=['created', 'last_updated'])
+                    if hasattr(obj, 'serialize_object'):
+                        current_data = obj.serialize_object(exclude=['created', 'last_updated'])
+                    else:
+                        current_data = serialize_object(obj, exclude=['created', 'last_updated'])
             diff = ChangeDiff(
                 branch=branch,
                 object=instance.changed_object,

From 609372e1c8f075863b847ee2615a7633e39d84c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:56:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Bump minimum NetBox version to 4.4.1

---
 netbox_branching/__init__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/netbox_branching/__init__.py b/netbox_branching/__init__.py
index 7f30d9f..398b587 100644
--- a/netbox_branching/__init__.py
+++ b/netbox_branching/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class AppConfig(PluginConfig):
     description = 'A git-like branching implementation for NetBox'
     version = '0.7.0'
     base_url = 'branching'
-    min_version = '4.4.0'
+    min_version = '4.4.1'
     max_version = '4.4.99'
     middleware = [
         'netbox_branching.middleware.BranchMiddleware'