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Destination path '%s' already exists

Package:
pipenv
github stars 22232
Exception Class:
Error

Raise code

            # We might be on a case insensitive filesystem,
            # perform the rename anyway.
            os.rename(src, dst)
            return

        real_dst = os.path.join(dst, _basename(src))
        if os.path.exists(real_dst):
            raise Error("Destination path '%s' already exists" % real_dst)
    try:
        os.rename(src, real_dst)
    except OSError:
        if os.path.isdir(src):
            if _destinsrc(src, dst):
                raise Error("Cannot move a directory '%s' into itself '%s'." % (src, dst))
            copytree(src, real_dst, symlinks=True)
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Links to the raise (2)

https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/blob/e7fb099e659a7fe661f0be9d4b1d05b681b6d562/pipenv/patched/notpip/_vendor/distlib/_backport/shutil.py#L327 https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/blob/e7fb099e659a7fe661f0be9d4b1d05b681b6d562/pipenv/vendor/distlib/_backport/shutil.py#L330

See also in the other packages (1)

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Ways to fix

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Summary: solution depends on what you want to achieve. If you have files of the same name in both the source

and the destination folders, you can either overwrite the file in the destination with the file from the source

or move the file from the source and rename it so that both files still exist.

Code to reproduce (WRONG):

First, you have to create two files or directories of the same name. For example, i created two python files both

named asd.py, one in .../src directory, and one in .../dst directory.

from pipenv.vendor.distlib._backport import shutil
import os

shutil.move(f"{os.getcwd()}/src/asd.py", f"{os.getcwd()}/dst/")

This code with said files creates the exception.

Solution 1: leave both files, rename the file from src

from pipenv.vendor.distlib._backport import shutil
import os

shutil.move(f"{os.getcwd()}/src/asd.py", f"{os.getcwd()}/dst/asd2.py")

Solution 2: overwrite the file from dst with the file from src

from pipenv.vendor.distlib._backport import shutil
import os

shutil.move(f"{os.getcwd()}/src/asd.py", f"{os.getcwd()}/dst/asd.py")

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