add option to overwrite existing installation without deleting the whole environment #9

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2025-07-04T09:46:10Z

foefl commented

2025-07-04 09:46:10 +00:00

Currently pycage deletes the already extracted and potentially filled environment before extracting the new one. Add an option to overwrite existing installation folders with the downloaded Python standalone build to retain already prepared environments.

Currently `pycage` deletes the already extracted and potentially filled environment before extracting the new one. Add an option to overwrite existing installation folders with the downloaded Python standalone build to retain already prepared environments.

foefl added the enhancement label 2025-07-04 09:46:10 +00:00

foefl self-assigned this 2025-07-04 09:46:10 +00:00

foefl added this to the feature request project 2025-07-04 09:46:10 +00:00

foefl moved this to In Progress in feature request on 2025-07-04 09:46:15 +00:00

foefl referenced this issue from a commit

2025-07-04 10:38:55 +00:00

add option to overwrite existing installations, related to #9

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2025-07-04 11:03:55 +00:00

Options to overwrite existing installations and to show repository version numbers with their respective release tag #11

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2025-07-04 11:04:43 +00:00