charmcraft pack retains no longer existing files from previous packs

[sed-i]

When I repack a charm, the resulting charm has a file that no longer exists in the working directory:

> $ ls src/prometheus_alert_rules
total 16K
drwxrwxr-x 2 tux tux 4.0K Mar 10 15:00 .
drwxrwxr-x 5 tux tux 4.0K Mar 10 15:00 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tux tux  323 Mar 10 15:00 always_firing_absent.rule
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tux tux  301 Mar 10 15:00 always_firing_numeric.rule

> $ charmcraft pack
Charms packed:
    avalanche-k8s_ubuntu-20.04-amd64.charm

> $ unzip -l avalanche-k8s_ubuntu-20.04-amd64.charm | grep always_firing
      306  2021-12-01 19:21   src/prometheus_alert_rules/always_firing.rule
      323  2022-03-10 20:00   src/prometheus_alert_rules/always_firing_absent.rule
      301  2022-03-10 20:00   src/prometheus_alert_rules/always_firing_numeric.rule

Note how src/prometheus_alert_rules/always_firing.rule doesn't exist in the workdir, but is present in the archive.

This issue went away after clean:

> $ charmcraft clean
Cleaned project 'avalanche-k8s'.

> $ charmcraft pack
Charms packed:
    avalanche-k8s_ubuntu-20.04-amd64.charm

> $ unzip -l avalanche-k8s_ubuntu-20.04-amd64.charm | grep always_firing
      323  2022-03-10 20:00   src/prometheus_alert_rules/always_firing_absent.rule
      301  2022-03-10 20:00   src/prometheus_alert_rules/always_firing_numeric.rule

Environment

• Charmcraft 1.4.0
• lxd 4.23

[PietroPasotti]

I've encountered the same issue several times in the past

[PietroPasotti]

will keep my eyes peeled on whether it still occurs on latest release

[facundobatista]

It's a known bug, so yes, still there in latest release (sorry).

[syncronize-issues-to-jira]

Thank you for reporting us your feedback!

The internal ticket has been created: https://warthogs.atlassian.net/browse/CRAFT-3422.

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[lengau]

Confirmed this is still an issue. I've made an upstream bug report: canonical/craft-parts#851

[lengau]

Workaround for this: you can clean a specific part without destroying the build container with charmcraft clean <part-name>. e.g. charmcraft clean charm