#32838: Migrations create extra index when foreign key is also part of a unique
constraint
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               Reporter:  levkk      |          Owner:  nobody
                   Type:             |         Status:  new
  Cleanup/optimization               |
              Component:  Database   |        Version:  3.2
  layer (models, ORM)                |       Keywords:
               Severity:  Normal     |  postgres,indexes,unique
           Triage Stage:             |  constraint,foreign keys
  Unreviewed                         |      Has patch:  0
    Needs documentation:  0          |    Needs tests:  0
Patch needs improvement:  0          |  Easy pickings:  0
                  UI/UX:  0          |
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 Given a model like so:


 {{{
 class Person(models.Model):
     name = models.TextField()

 class Address(models.Model):
     person = models.ForeignKey(Person, on_delete=models.PROTECT)
     street = models.TextField()

     class Meta:
        unique_together = ["person", "street"]
 }}}

 and a Postgres backend, Django will create two btree indexes, one on the
 foreign key "person" and another on "person, street" to enforce the unique
 constraint. In this case, the "person" index is redundant and wasteful
 since the "person, street" index is sufficient. We can check for the
 foreign key index being covered by the unique index and not create it if
 that's the case.

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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/32838>
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