thomas-bc
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1 month ago @weggert2 we went ahead with the implementation of fprime-util generate --force flag. This will purge and re-generate in a single command. The reason for not doing a re-generation without purging is that autocoded files can be leftover in the build cache, or not tracked correctly, which could cause issues.
Thank you for the contribution nonetheless! It brought up a good use-case, we just went with that alternate approach.
weggert2
Which allows users to call fprime-util generate several times without faiure
Change Description
Removes restrictions on calling Build.invent and Build.__setup_default more than once. I admit I don't understand the full implications of this, so I'd encourage the author @LeStarch to evaluate whether this breaks things. Anecdotally, locally installing this allows me to call generate in my fprime project several times without error.
Rationale
Fixes a (perceived) bug that fprime-util generate should not fail if a cache already exists
Testing/Review Recommendations
There is a very simple included unit test that shows that calling Builder.invent() twice does not raise an assertion. Please let me know what else I need to test.