v2 - Catch problems with [tool.poetry.scripts] entries

src/poetry/masonry/builders/editable.py

@@ -160,7 +160,25 @@ def _add_scripts(self) -> list[Path]:
         for script in scripts:
             name, script_with_extras = script.split(" = ")
             script_without_extras = script_with_extras.split("[")[0]
-            module, callable_ = script_without_extras.split(":")
+            try:
+                module, callable_ = script_without_extras.split(":")
+            except ValueError as exc:
+                msg = (
+                    f"Bad script ({name}): script needs to specify a function within a"
+                    " module like: module(.submodule):function\nInstead got:"
+                    f" {script_with_extras}"
+                )
+                if "not enough values" in str(exc):
+                    msg += (
+                        "\nHint: If the script depends on module-level code, try"
+                        " wrapping it in a main() function and modifying your script"
+                        f' like:\n{name} = "{script_with_extras}:main"'
+                    )
+                elif "too many values" in str(exc):
+                    msg += '\nToo many ":" found!'
+
+                raise ValueError(msg)
+
             callable_holder = callable_.split(".", 1)[0]
 
             script_file = scripts_path.joinpath(name)

tests/fixtures/bad_scripts_project/no_colon/README.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+My Package
+==========

tests/fixtures/bad_scripts_project/no_colon/pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "simple-project"
+version = "1.2.3"
+description = "Some description."
+authors = [
+    "Sébastien Eustace <sebastien@eustace.io>"
+]
+license = "MIT"
+
+readme = ["README.rst"]
+
+homepage = "https://python-poetry.org"
+repository = "https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry"
+documentation = "https://python-poetry.org/docs"
+
+keywords = ["packaging", "dependency", "poetry"]
+
+classifiers = [
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules"
+]
+
+# Requirements
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "~2.7 || ^3.4"
+
+[tool.poetry.scripts]
+foo = "bar.bin.foo"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.1.0a7"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"

tests/fixtures/bad_scripts_project/too_many_colon/README.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+My Package
+==========

tests/fixtures/bad_scripts_project/too_many_colon/pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "simple-project"
+version = "1.2.3"
+description = "Some description."
+authors = [
+    "Sébastien Eustace <sebastien@eustace.io>"
+]
+license = "MIT"
+
+readme = ["README.rst"]
+
+homepage = "https://python-poetry.org"
+repository = "https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry"
+documentation = "https://python-poetry.org/docs"
+
+keywords = ["packaging", "dependency", "poetry"]
+
+classifiers = [
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules"
+]
+
+# Requirements
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "~2.7 || ^3.4"
+
+[tool.poetry.scripts]
+foo = "foo::bar"
+
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.1.0a7"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"

tests/masonry/builders/test_editable_builder.py

@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ def tmp_venv(tmp_path: Path, env_manager: EnvManager) -> Iterator[VirtualEnv]:
     shutil.rmtree(str(venv.path))
 
 
+@pytest.fixture()
+def bad_scripts_no_colon(fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter) -> Poetry:
+    poetry = Factory().create_poetry(fixture_dir("bad_scripts_project/no_colon"))
+
+    return poetry
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def bad_scripts_too_many_colon(fixture_dir: FixtureDirGetter) -> Poetry:
+    poetry = Factory().create_poetry(fixture_dir("bad_scripts_project/too_many_colon"))
+
+    return poetry
+
+
 def test_builder_installs_proper_files_for_standard_packages(
     simple_poetry: Poetry, tmp_venv: VirtualEnv
 ) -> None:
@@ -340,3 +354,30 @@ def test_builder_should_execute_build_scripts(
     assert [
         ["python", str(extended_without_setup_poetry.file.path.parent / "build.py")]
     ] == env.executed
+
+
+def test_builder_catches_bad_scripts_no_colon(
+    bad_scripts_no_colon: Poetry, tmp_venv: VirtualEnv
+) -> None:
+    builder = EditableBuilder(bad_scripts_no_colon, tmp_venv, NullIO())
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=r"Bad script.*") as e:
+        builder.build()
+    msg = str(e.value)
+    # We should print out the problematic script entry
+    assert "bar.bin.foo" in msg
+    # and some hint about what to do
+    assert "Hint:" in msg
+    assert 'foo = "bar.bin.foo:main"' in msg
+
+
+def test_builder_catches_bad_scripts_too_many_colon(
+    bad_scripts_too_many_colon: Poetry, tmp_venv: VirtualEnv
+) -> None:
+    builder = EditableBuilder(bad_scripts_too_many_colon, tmp_venv, NullIO())
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=r"Bad script.*") as e:
+        builder.build()
+    msg = str(e.value)
+    # We should print out the problematic script entry
+    assert "foo::bar" in msg
+    # and some hint about what is wrong
+    assert "Too many" in msg