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--dry-run does not work as expected #910
Description
Overview Description
We would like to add a command to our tests and check if we are frailer-free for message extractions.
found this --dry-run command on the docs, but this does not work and I still see changes to my .pot file.
Steps to Reproduce
- See the CLI help:
$ ./setup.py extract_messages --help
Global options:
--verbose (-v) run verbosely (default)
--quiet (-q) run quietly (turns verbosity off)
--dry-run (-n) don't actually do anything
--help (-h) show detailed help message
Options for 'extract_messages' command:
...- extract with
--dry-runcommand.
$ ./setup.py extract_messages --dry-runActual Results
# *.pot
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-10-12 11:37+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-10-14 11:06+0200\n"Expected Results
don't actually do anything The .pot file should not have been updated or touched.
Additional Information
Please let me know if we have forgotten to add some options, or if its a bug in the code, feel free to ask questions. and thanks in advance.
Activity
akx commentedon Feb 20, 2023
Yeah, it looks like
--dry-runhas been broken for a while.Which version of Babel are you running? Could you also show the relevant parts of
setup.py..? I'd rather like to get rid of the setuptools/distutils command compatibility stuff in Babel in favor of the stand-alone CLI, but if there are users for this...adelboshna commentedon Aug 17, 2023
$ ./setup.py extract_messages --help
Global options:
--verbose (-v) run verbosely (default)
--quiet (-q) run quietly (turns verbosity off)
--dry-run (-n) don't actually do anything
--help (-h) show detailed help message
Options for 'extract_messages' command:
...
nightcityblade commentedon Aug 12, 2026
Hi, I'd like to work on this. I'll submit a focused PR with regression coverage shortly.