astral-sh/uv

Improve display of executable install errors during `uv python install`

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#9,707 opened on Dec 7, 2024

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error messageshelp wanted

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e.g.,

error: Failed to install cpython-3.13.0-macos-aarch64-none
  Caused by: Executable already exists at `/Users/zb/.local/bin/python3` but is not managed by uv; use `--force` to replace it
error: Failed to install cpython-3.13.0-macos-aarch64-none
  Caused by: Executable already exists at `/Users/zb/.local/bin/python` but is not managed by uv; use `--force` to replace it

we show ~the same message twice. It'd be nice to group these.

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Find the error handling code in the python install path and group duplicate error messages.
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rust
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