Allow rye publish working outside of project

.gitignore

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ site
 __pycache__
 .idea
 token.txt
+dist

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ _Unreleased_
 
 <!-- released start -->
 
+- Allow `rye publish` working outside of project.  #910
+
 ## 0.30.0
 
 Released on 2024-03-19

rye/src/cli/build.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::utils::{get_venv_python_bin, CommandOutput, IoPathContext};
 /// Builds a package for distribution.
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 pub struct Args {
-    /// Build an sdist
+    /// Build a sdist
     #[arg(long)]
     sdist: bool,
     /// Build a wheel

rye/src/cli/publish.rs

@@ -59,16 +59,17 @@ pub struct Args {
 pub fn execute(cmd: Args) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let output = CommandOutput::from_quiet_and_verbose(cmd.quiet, cmd.verbose);
     let venv = ensure_self_venv(output)?;
-    let project = PyProject::discover()?;
-
-    if project.is_virtual() {
-        bail!("virtual packages cannot be published");
-    }
 
     // Get the files to publish.
     let files = match cmd.dist {
         Some(paths) => paths,
-        None => vec![project.workspace_path().join("dist").join("*")],
+        None => {
+            let project = PyProject::discover()?;
+            if project.is_virtual() {
+                bail!("virtual packages cannot be published");
+            }
+            vec![project.workspace_path().join("dist").join("*")]
+        }
     };
 
     // a. Get token from arguments and offer encryption, then store in credentials file.
@@ -115,7 +116,6 @@ pub fn execute(cmd: Args) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let maybe_encrypted = maybe_encrypt(&secret, cmd.yes)?;
         let maybe_encoded = maybe_encode(&secret, &maybe_encrypted);
         credentials[repository]["token"] = Item::Value(maybe_encoded.expose_secret().into());
-        write_credentials(&credentials)?;
 
         secret
     } else if let Some(token) = credentials

rye/tests/test_publish.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use crate::common::{rye_cmd_snapshot, Space};
+
+mod common;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_publish_outside_project() {
+    let space = Space::new();
+    space.init("my-project");
+
+    let status = space.rye_cmd().arg("build").status().unwrap();
+    assert!(status.success());
+
+    // Publish outside the project.
+    // Since we provide a fake token, the failure is expected.
+    rye_cmd_snapshot!(space
+        .rye_cmd()
+        .arg("publish")
+        .arg("--yes")
+        .arg("--token")
+        .arg("fake-token")
+        .arg("--quiet")
+        .current_dir(space.project_path().parent().unwrap())
+        .arg(space.project_path().join("dist").join("*")), @r###"
+    success: false
+    exit_code: 1
+    ----- stdout -----
+
+    ----- stderr -----
+    error: failed to publish files
+    "###);
+}