diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+.DS_Store
+._*
+.~*#
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*.swn
+.svn
+*.orig
+_build
+build
+dist
+*.egg-info
+docs/_build
+
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+django-stringfield
+==================
+
+Copyright (c) 2011, Aino
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+      this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of the sorl-thumbnail the names of its contributors
+      may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+      without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+include LICENSE README.rst
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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+
+django-stringfield
+==================
+
+A string field that tries not to enforce length on database level. Currently
+implemented as:
+
+PostgreSQL
+    ``character varying``
+
+MySQL
+    ``VARCHAR (65528)``
+    MySQL >= 5.0.3 should be able to handle a maximum length of 65535 but that
+    does not work in my empirical testing using mysql 5.1.41 where 65528 is the
+    maximum considering ``NULL`` and ``NOT NULL``.
+
+SQLite & Other backends
+    ``TEXT``
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+::
+
+    pip install django-stringfield
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+You use this just like the normal ``django.db.models.CharField`` except that the
+key word argument ``max_length`` works a little differently:
+
+* It is optional and defaults to 255
+* It only enforces max length on the default formfield **not** on the database.
+
+Example usage::
+    # models.py
+    from stringfield import StringField
+
+    class MyModel(models.Model):
+        name = StringField()
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+
+setup(
+    name='django-stringfield',
+    version='0.1',
+    description='Better string field for Django.',
+    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
+    author='Mikko Hellsing',
+    author_email='mikko@aino.se',
+    license='BSD',
+    url='https://github.com/aino/django-stringfield',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    zip_safe=False,
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+        'Environment :: Web Environment',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content',
+        'Framework :: Django',
+    ],
+)
+
diff --git a/stringfield/__init__.py b/stringfield/__init__.py
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+++ b/stringfield/__init__.py
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+from stringfield.base import StringField
diff --git a/stringfield/base.py b/stringfield/base.py
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+from django.db import models
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+
+class StringField(models.CharField):
+    description = _("String")
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        kwargs['max_length'] = kwargs.get('max_length', 255)
+        super(models.CharField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get_internal_type(self):
+        return "TextField"
+
+    def to_python(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, basestring) or value is None:
+            return value
+        return smart_unicode(value)
+
+    def get_prep_value(self, value):
+        return self.to_python(value)
+
+    def formfield(self, **kwargs):
+        defaults = {'max_length': self.max_length}
+        defaults.update(kwargs)
+        return super(CharField, self).formfield(**defaults)
+
+    def db_type(self, connection):
+        if connection.vendor == 'postgresql':
+            return 'character varying'
+        if connection.vendor == 'mysql':
+            return 'VARCHAR (65528)'
+        return 'TEXT'
+
+    def south_field_triple(self):
+        from south.modelsinspector import introspector
+        name = '%s.%s' % (self.__class__.__module__ , self.__class__.__name__)
+        args, kwargs = introspector(self)
+        return name, args, kwargs
+