Uv script install into .venv overwrites python

[bluss]

• Install python 3.12.3 with uv.
• Create a new package (pyproject below)
• uv venv -p 3.12.3
• Uv creates a virtualenv that has symlink .venv/bin/python -> ~/.local/share/uv/python/cpython-3.12.3-linux-x86_64-gnu/bin/python3
• Current package is named python. It has a script called python
• uv sync -v
• Actual Result: When installing the script to .venv/bin/python it overwrites the target of the symlink. This ruins the installed python version.
• Expected Result: Don't follow the symlink. Probably throw an error somewhere before.

Based on astral-sh/rye#1235. I think this is could be a bug in Uv?

Tested and reproduced with uv only (then uv 0.2.24, not the latest, I'm sorry).

uv 0.2.24
platform: linux (x86_64)

[project]
name = "python"
version = "0.1.0"
description = "Add your description here"
dependencies = []
requires-python = ">= 3.12"

[project.scripts]
"python" = "python:main"

[build-system]
requires = ["hatchling"]
build-backend = "hatchling.build"

[tool.hatch.metadata]
allow-direct-references = true

[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
packages = ["src/python"]

# src/python/__init__.py
def main() -> int:
    print("Hello from python!")
    return 0

# src/python/__main__.py
import python
import sys

sys.exit(python.main())

[charliermarsh]

Lol 🤦

[zanieb]

Thanks for reproducing over here!

[charliermarsh]

I wonder what pip does.

[bluss]

I tested pip 24.0 now in the same project and it seems like it overwrites the symlink, not the symlink target. so .venv/bin/python is overwritten.

[charliermarsh]

Thank you.