From 0864f2d8193b5e864d745c116b1b13b31fb96e5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xon <635541+Xon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 03:03:49 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] `duplicateItemsAllowed` option is now respected by
 `setChoices()` method. Resolves #855

---
 CHANGELOG.md           |  1 +
 src/scripts/choices.ts | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6ad2f9e..576a94d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Features (from 11.0.0)
 * Pass `getClassNames` as the 3rd argument to `callbackOnCreateTemplates` callback
+* `duplicateItemsAllowed` option is now respected by `setChoices()` method [#855](https://github.com/Choices-js/Choices/issues/855)
 
 ### Bug Fixes (from 11.0.0)
 * Fix choice disable state wasn't considered when showing the "no choices to choose from" notice
diff --git a/src/scripts/choices.ts b/src/scripts/choices.ts
index c5353b4f..7f013a9a 100644
--- a/src/scripts/choices.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/choices.ts
@@ -2078,12 +2078,20 @@ class Choices {
       throw new TypeError('Can not re-add a choice which has already been added');
     }
 
+    const { config } = this;
+    if (
+      (this._isSelectElement || !config.duplicateItemsAllowed) &&
+      this._store.choices.find((c) => config.valueComparer(c.value, choice.value))
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Generate unique id, in-place update is required so chaining _addItem works as expected
     this._lastAddedChoiceId++;
     choice.id = this._lastAddedChoiceId;
     choice.elementId = `${this._baseId}-${this._idNames.itemChoice}-${choice.id}`;
 
-    const { prependValue, appendValue } = this.config;
+    const { prependValue, appendValue } = config;
     if (prependValue) {
       choice.value = prependValue + choice.value;
     }

From 79b795f561a367d79358095e437a444fa3b0d228 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Xon <635541+Xon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 03:14:18 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Commit clearStore change

---
 src/scripts/choices.ts | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/scripts/choices.ts b/src/scripts/choices.ts
index 7f013a9a..2005cecd 100644
--- a/src/scripts/choices.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/choices.ts
@@ -853,13 +853,14 @@ class Choices {
     return this;
   }
 
-  clearStore(): this {
+  clearStore(clearOptions: boolean = true): this {
     this._stopSearch();
 
-    this.passedElement.element.replaceChildren('');
+    if (clearOptions) {
+      this.passedElement.element.replaceChildren('');
+    }
     this.itemList.element.replaceChildren('');
     this.choiceList.element.replaceChildren('');
-    this._stopSearch();
     this._store.reset();
     this._lastAddedChoiceId = 0;
     this._lastAddedGroupId = 0;