[1.7.x] Fixed #22473 -- Emphasized that Model.clean() is not called from Model.save().

Backport of b43bbd6d39 from master
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Tim Graham 2014-04-18 15:00:26 -04:00
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@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ access to more than a single field::
if self.status == 'published' and self.pub_date is None:
self.pub_date = datetime.date.today()
Note, however, that like :meth:`Model.full_clean()`, a model's ``clean()``
method is not invoked when you call your model's :meth:`~Model.save()` method.
Any :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.ValidationError` exceptions raised by
``Model.clean()`` will be stored in a special key error dictionary key,
:data:`~django.core.exceptions.NON_FIELD_ERRORS`, that is used for errors