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