add some support for proxy models

django-stubs/contrib/auth/base_user.pyi

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-from typing import Any, Optional, Tuple, List, overload
+from typing import Any, Optional, Tuple, List, overload, TypeVar
+
+from django.db.models.base import Model
 
 from django.db import models
 
-class BaseUserManager(models.Manager):
+_T = TypeVar('_T', bound=Model)
+
+class BaseUserManager(models.Manager[_T]):
     @classmethod
     def normalize_email(cls, email: Optional[str]) -> str: ...
     def make_random_password(self, length: int = ..., allowed_chars: str = ...) -> str: ...
-    def get_by_natural_key(self, username: Optional[str]) -> AbstractBaseUser: ...
+    def get_by_natural_key(self, username: Optional[str]) -> _T: ...
 
 class AbstractBaseUser(models.Model):
     password: models.CharField = ...

django-stubs/contrib/auth/models.pyi

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Any, Collection, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, Union
+from typing import Any, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Type, Union, TypeVar
 
 from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser as AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager as BaseUserManager
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+from django.db.models.base import Model
 from django.db.models.manager import EmptyManager
 
 from django.contrib.auth.validators import UnicodeUsernameValidator
@@ -27,13 +28,15 @@ class Group(models.Model):
     permissions: models.ManyToManyField = models.ManyToManyField(Permission)
     def natural_key(self): ...
 
-class UserManager(BaseUserManager):
+_T = TypeVar('_T', bound=Model)
+
+class UserManager(BaseUserManager[_T]):
     def create_user(
         self, username: str, email: Optional[str] = ..., password: Optional[str] = ..., **extra_fields: Any
-    ) -> AbstractBaseUser: ...
+    ) -> _T: ...
     def create_superuser(
         self, username: str, email: Optional[str], password: Optional[str], **extra_fields: Any
-    ) -> AbstractBaseUser: ...
+    ) -> _T: ...
 
 class PermissionsMixin(models.Model):
     is_superuser: models.BooleanField = ...

mypy_django_plugin/django/context.py

@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
 import os
 from collections import defaultdict
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from typing import (
-    TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple, Type,
-)
+from typing import (Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING, Tuple, Type)
 
-from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError
 from django.db.models.base import Model
-from django.db.models.fields import CharField, Field, AutoField
 from django.db.models.fields.related import ForeignKey, RelatedField
 from django.db.models.fields.reverse_related import ForeignObjectRel
 from django.db.models.sql.query import Query
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from mypy.checker import TypeChecker
-from mypy.types import Instance
-from mypy.types import Type as MypyType
+from mypy.types import Instance, Type as MypyType
 
+from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField
+from django.db.models.fields import AutoField, CharField, Field
 from mypy_django_plugin.lib import helpers
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -210,13 +207,19 @@ class DjangoContext:
                 if isinstance(field, ForeignKey):
                     field_name = field.name
                     foreign_key_info = helpers.lookup_class_typeinfo(api, field.__class__)
-                    related_model_info = helpers.lookup_class_typeinfo(api, field.related_model)
+
+                    related_model = field.related_model
+                    if related_model._meta.proxy_for_model:
+                        related_model = field.related_model._meta.proxy_for_model
+
+                    related_model_info = helpers.lookup_class_typeinfo(api, related_model)
                     is_nullable = self.fields_context.get_field_nullability(field, method)
                     foreign_key_set_type = helpers.get_private_descriptor_type(foreign_key_info,
                                                                                '_pyi_private_set_type',
                                                                                is_nullable=is_nullable)
                     model_set_type = helpers.convert_any_to_type(foreign_key_set_type,
                                                                  Instance(related_model_info, []))
+
                     expected_types[field_name] = model_set_type
 
             elif isinstance(field, GenericForeignKey):

mypy_django_plugin/lib/helpers.py

@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, TYPE_CHECKING, Union
 
 from mypy import checker
 from mypy.checker import TypeChecker
 from mypy.mro import calculate_mro
-from mypy.nodes import (
-    GDEF, MDEF, Block, ClassDef, Expression, MemberExpr, MypyFile, NameExpr, StrExpr, SymbolNode, SymbolTable,
-    SymbolTableNode, TypeInfo, Var,
-)
+from mypy.nodes import (Block, ClassDef, Expression, GDEF, MDEF, MemberExpr, MypyFile, NameExpr, StrExpr, SymbolNode,
+                        SymbolTable, SymbolTableNode, TypeInfo, Var)
 from mypy.plugin import CheckerPluginInterface, FunctionContext, MethodContext
-from mypy.types import AnyType, Instance, NoneTyp, TupleType
-from mypy.types import Type as MypyType
-from mypy.types import TypedDictType, TypeOfAny, UnionType
+from mypy.types import AnyType, Instance, NoneTyp, TupleType, Type as MypyType, TypeOfAny, TypedDictType, UnionType
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from mypy_django_plugin.django.context import DjangoContext

mypy_django_plugin/transformers/fields.py

@@ -39,15 +39,20 @@ def fill_descriptor_types_for_related_field(ctx: FunctionContext, django_context
         return AnyType(TypeOfAny.from_error)
 
     assert isinstance(current_field, RelatedField)
-    referred_to_typeinfo = helpers.lookup_class_typeinfo(ctx.api, current_field.related_model)
-    referred_to_type = Instance(referred_to_typeinfo, [])
+
+    related_model = related_model_to_set = current_field.related_model
+    if related_model_to_set._meta.proxy_for_model:
+        related_model_to_set = related_model._meta.proxy_for_model
+
+    related_model_info = helpers.lookup_class_typeinfo(ctx.api, related_model)
+    related_model_to_set_info = helpers.lookup_class_typeinfo(ctx.api, related_model_to_set)
 
     default_related_field_type = set_descriptor_types_for_field(ctx)
     # replace Any with referred_to_type
-    args = []
-    for default_arg in default_related_field_type.args:
-        args.append(helpers.convert_any_to_type(default_arg, referred_to_type))
-
+    args = [
+        helpers.convert_any_to_type(default_related_field_type.args[0], Instance(related_model_to_set_info, [])),
+        helpers.convert_any_to_type(default_related_field_type.args[1], Instance(related_model_info, [])),
+    ]
     return helpers.reparametrize_instance(default_related_field_type, new_args=args)
 
 

test-data/typecheck/models/test_proxy_models.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-   case: foreign_key_to_proxy_model_accepts_first_non_proxy_model
+    main: |
+        from myapp.models import Blog, Publisher, PublisherProxy
+        Blog(publisher=Publisher())
+        Blog.objects.create(publisher=Publisher())
+        Blog().publisher = Publisher()
+        reveal_type(Blog().publisher)  # N: Revealed type is 'myapp.models.PublisherProxy*'
+    installed_apps:
+        - myapp
+    files:
+        -   path: myapp/__init__.py
+        -   path: myapp/models.py
+            content: |
+                from django.db import models
+                class Publisher(models.Model):
+                    pass
+                class PublisherProxy(Publisher):
+                    class Meta:
+                        proxy = True
+                class Blog(models.Model):
+                    publisher = models.ForeignKey(to=PublisherProxy, on_delete=models.CASCADE)