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`nimble install -n foo` downloads and builds before checking if foo is already installed, should fail early
When I attempt to install a package that is already installed nimble should ask me before downloading and building.
nimble v0.13.1 compiled at 2021-05-25 00:49:34
Current behaviour:
nimble install dimscord -n
Downloading https://github.com/krisppurg/dimscord using git
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Info: Dependency on zippy@>= 0.2.1 already satisfied
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Info: Dependency on ws@<= 0.4.0 already satisfied
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Info: Dependency on regex@>= 0.15.0 already satisfied
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Info: Dependency on unicodedb@>= 0.7.2 already satisfied
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Info: Dependency on libsodium@<= 0.6.0 already satisfied
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Info: Dependency on flatty@>= 0.1.2 already satisfied
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing [email protected]
Prompt: [email protected] already exists. Overwrite? -> [forced no]
Expected behaviour:
nimble install dimscord -n
Installing [email protected]
Prompt: [email protected] already exists. Overwrite? -> [forced no]
Seconded This is a bad idea, especially if the lib in question is really big. Then it's just a big waste of time