From 1aed6c9a967a91d724b3efdfdcd4e84b3070fc62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Graham <tom@sirwhite.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:56:52 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure custom user logic works with Django 1.4

Monkey Patch for Django 1.4 to allow new custom user model logic.
---
 helpdesk/__init__.py     |  1 +
 helpdesk/monkey_patch.py | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 helpdesk/monkey_patch.py

diff --git a/helpdesk/__init__.py b/helpdesk/__init__.py
index e69de29b..ca49be81 100644
--- a/helpdesk/__init__.py
+++ b/helpdesk/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import monkey_patch # Patch User model for older versions of Django
diff --git a/helpdesk/monkey_patch.py b/helpdesk/monkey_patch.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f729911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpdesk/monkey_patch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""
+django-helpdesk - A Django powered ticket tracker for small enterprise.
+
+(c) Copyright 2008 Jutda. All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE for details.
+
+monkey_patch.py - Monkey Patch the User model for older versions of
+Django that don't support USERNAME_FIELD and get_username
+"""
+
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+User = get_user_model()
+if not hasattr(User, "USERNAME_FIELD"):
+	User.add_to_class("USERNAME_FIELD", "username")
+if not hasattr(User, "get_username"):
+	User.add_to_class("get_username", lambda self: getattr(self, self.USERNAME_FIELD))