From 8eb64002528e0468b252db05c6c0054e0b949bef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kingston <andrew@kingston.dev>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 14:41:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Overwrite existing plugins of the same name and version

---
 packages/server/src/api/controllers/plugin.ts | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/plugin.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/plugin.ts
index f76d2871b0..4afa59cd3a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/plugin.ts
@@ -32,19 +32,18 @@ export async function upload(ctx: any) {
       }
       const jsFileName = jsFile.name
       const pluginId = generatePluginID(name, version)
-      let existing
+
+      // overwrite existing docs entirely if they exist
+      let rev
       try {
-        existing = await db.get(pluginId)
+        const existing = await db.get(pluginId)
+        rev = existing._rev
       } catch (err) {
-        existing = null
-      }
-      if (existing) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Plugin already exists: name: ${name}, version: ${version}`
-        )
+        rev = null
       }
       const doc = {
         _id: pluginId,
+        _rev: rev,
         name,
         version,
         description,