Add ability to globally exclude fields by name on all models

auditlog/conf.py

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
     settings, "AUDITLOG_INCLUDE_TRACKING_MODELS", ()
 )
 
+# Exclude named fields across all models
+settings.AUDITLOG_EXCLUDE_TRACKING_FIELDS = getattr(
+    settings, "AUDITLOG_EXCLUDE_TRACKING_FIELDS", ()
+)
+
 # Disable on raw save to avoid logging imports and similar
 settings.AUDITLOG_DISABLE_ON_RAW_SAVE = getattr(
     settings, "AUDITLOG_DISABLE_ON_RAW_SAVE", False

auditlog/registry.py

@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ def register(
                 "set. Did you forget to set serialized_data to True?"
             )
 
+        for fld in settings.AUDITLOG_EXCLUDE_TRACKING_FIELDS:
+            exclude_fields.append(fld)
+
         def registrar(cls):
             """Register models for a given class."""
             if not issubclass(cls, Model):

docs/source/usage.rst

@@ -189,6 +189,23 @@ You can use this setting to register all your models:
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.1.0
 
+**AUDITLOG_EXCLUDE_TRACKING_FIELDS**
+
+You can use this setting to exclude named fields from ALL models.
+This is useful when lots of models share similar fields like
+```created``` and ```modified``` and you want those excluded from
+logging.
+It will be considered when ``AUDITLOG_INCLUDE_ALL_MODELS`` is `True`.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    AUDITLOG_EXCLUDE_TRACKING_FIELDS = (
+        "created",
+        "modified"
+    )
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.2.3
+
 **AUDITLOG_EXCLUDE_TRACKING_MODELS**
 
 You can use this setting to exclude models in registration process.