Copier < 6.0.0b0 considered dangerous
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Copier is a fantastic templating library written in python, but older versions have a dangerous bug if you are using it inside of existing directories.

Date: April 30, 2022

Copier is a fantastic templating library written in python, but older versions have a dangerous bug if you are using it inside of existing directories.

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As of May 15, 2022, the stable release of copier now includes these changes, if you have not already make sure you update.

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I Use copier several times per day and get fantastic benefit from this project, this post is not intended to crap all over copier in any way, but is rather a PSA for other users who do use copier like I do so that they know the dangers of using copier inside an existing directory.

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As of the time of writing this version is still in beta, if you still want to use copier with existing directtories, I’d strongly encourage you to install the [38;2;167;192;128m--pre[0m release.

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  pipx install copier --pip-args='--pre'

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  copier --version
  # copier 6.0.0b0

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