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Error: Source Distribution Already Exists |
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This error is presented when an attempt is made to export/create a source |
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distribution of a package in a way that would overwrite an existing source |
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distribution. |
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**If exporting to a repository**, this means that a source distribution with |
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the same name and version is already present in the repository. The |
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``--replace`` option can be used to make ``dds`` forcibly overwrite the source |
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distribution in the repository. This will be a common workflow when developing |
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a package and one desires to see those changes reflected in another project |
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that is try to use it. |
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**If creating a source distribution manually**, this means that the destination |
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path of the source distribution directory is already an existing directory |
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(which may not be a source distribution itself). If ``dds`` were to try and |
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write a source distribution to the named path, it would be required to delete |
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whatever exists there before creating the source distribution. |
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.. warning:: |
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When using ``dds sdist create`` with the ``--out <path>`` parameter, the |
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``<path>`` given **is not the directory in which to place the source |
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distribution, but the filepath to the source distribution itself**! |
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If I have a directory named ``foo/``, and I want to create a source |
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distribution in that directory, **the following command is incorrect**:: |
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# Do not do this: |
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dds sdist create --out foo/ |
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If you pass ``--replace`` to the above command, ``dds`` will **destroy the |
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existing directory** and replace it with the source distribution! |
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You **must** provide the full path to the source distribution:: |
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# Do this: |
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dds sdist create --out foo/my-project.dsd |