PEBKAC: Working with my playlist from another computer does not pull playlist state

[James D.]

So I was on my work laptop and wanted to add a song to the playlist. But after terraform init. All the songs were in the terraform.tfstate but the playlist wasn't. terraform plan showed that it would create a new playlist. terraform apply` created a second playlist with a new ID and the same name

Steps to reproduce:

• Clone your playlist repo to another computer. (different folder would probably work as well since the state is local)
• Get local authenticator working with the docker image
• terraform init
• terraform plan

End result:

• plan output shows a whole new playlist to add

Expected result:

• no changes

[Conrad Ludgate]

This is expected behaviour of terraform. That's what the state file is for (keeping track of resources and their IDs). You can import a playlist into your new state though using terraform import spotify_playlist.playlist <playlistID>

See https://registry.terraform.io/providers/conradludgate/spotify/latest/docs/resources/playlist#import
and https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/import/index.html for more info on importing

[James D.]

I see. I just realized the reason I normally don't see this behavior is because I'm used to working with a remote saved state like a bucket. Please tag user is dumb and close.

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On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 12:53 PM Conrad Ludgate ***@***.***> wrote: This is expected behaviour of terraform. That's what the state file is for (keeping track of resources and their IDs). You can import a playlist into your new state though using terraform import spotify_playlist.<my_playlist> <playlistID> — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#32 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ARCZNH5CQKEO7OKXIGFP4K3T5P6TVANCNFSM5CMSXXDA> . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&utm_campaign=notification-email> .