dbt deps git package differs from hub package

[RobbertDM]

Hey there,

I wanted to install

  - package: EqualExperts/dbt_unit_testing
    version: 0.2.7

But that kept giving me the following error:
Found duplicate project "dbt_utils".[...]

Apparently, the fix was that I had

  - git: "https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-utils.git"
    revision: 1.0.0

But apparently that's seen as a different package then

  - package: dbt-labs/dbt_utils
    version: 1.0.0

When I swapped the first for the latter, everything installed
(cf. EqualExperts/dbt-unit-testing#127)

Now, why I started this discussion is because I think we can do something better from a developer experience perspective.
Some possibilities:

• State in the docs that installing a git package is not the same as installing its equivalent hub package
• Include a warning about this in the Found duplicate project [...] warning
• Include the two sources of the duplicate project in the Found duplicate project [...] warning
• State in the docs that hub packages are preferred above git packages
• Resolve dependencies in a smarter way based on namespace, version, but not exact URL?

[jtcohen6]

Sorry for the confusion @RobbertDM! Glad you were able to get this sorted.

For what it's worth, we do have a note about this in the docs already:

Where possible, we recommend installing packages via dbt Hub, since this allows dbt to handle duplicate dependencies. This is helpful in situations such as:

• Your project uses both the dbt-utils and Snowplow packages; and the Snowplow package also uses the dbt-utils package.
• Your project uses both the Snowplow and Stripe packages, both of which use the dbt-utils package.

In comparison, other package installation methods are unable to handle the duplicate dbt-utils package.

[RobbertDM]

Ah yes, I need to learn to read more thoroughly. Thanks!