astral-sh/uv · error · anyhow::Error

Hash-checking is not supported for local directories: {}

Error message

Hash-checking is not supported for local directories: {}

What it means

Error "Hash-checking is not supported for local directories: {}" thrown in astral-sh/uv.

Source

Thrown at crates/uv-requirements/src/source_tree.rs:213

        }

        let Ok(url) = Url::from_directory_path(path).map(DisplaySafeUrl::from_url) else {
            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to convert path to URL"));
        };
        let source = SourceUrl::Directory(DirectorySourceUrl {
            url: &url,
            install_path: path,
            editable: None,
        });

        // Determine the hash policy. Since we don't have a package name, we perform a
        // manual match.
        let hashes = match self.hasher {
            HashStrategy::None => HashPolicy::None,
            HashStrategy::Generate(mode) => HashPolicy::Generate(*mode),
            HashStrategy::Verify(_) => HashPolicy::Generate(HashGeneration::All),
            HashStrategy::Require(_) => {
                return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(
                    "Hash-checking is not supported for local directories: {}",
                    path.user_display()
                ));
            }
        };

        // Fetch the metadata for the distribution.
        let metadata = {
            let id = source.distribution_id();
            if let Some(response) = self.index.distributions().register_or_wait(&id).await {
                let MetadataResponse::Found(archive) = &*response else {
                    panic!("Failed to find metadata for: {}", path.user_display());
                };
                archive.metadata.clone()
            } else {
                // Run the PEP 517 build process to extract metadata from the source distribution.
                let source = BuildableSource::Url(source);
                let archive = self.database.build_wheel_metadata(&source, hashes).await?;

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/uv-requirements/src/source_tree.rs:213 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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