Naming Packages

OnePub allows you to name your private package using a name that is already taken by a public package on pub.dev.

We however generally don't recommend this as it may cause confusion at a later stage if you need to use the same named package from pub.dev.

If you are using the OnePub tools (onepub pub private onepub pub add <dep>) then there is no issue using existing public names as every package is explicitly referenced with the OnePub URL.

PUB_HOST_URL

not recommended!

Dart supports configuring your private Package repository by setting an environment variable PUB_HOST_URL.

When you set the PUB_HOST_URL environment variable then every dart pub command will be sent via the OnePub repository.

This has a couple of consequences.

1) OnePub will see every package you depend on. Probably not a big deal, but if you are particularly sensitive about this information then it's not desirable

2) If you use any package name that is already used by a package on pub.dev then you will no longer be able to access the public package of that name. Remember that whilst your package name isn't used today someone may publish a package to pub.dev at a later date.

To avoid these types of name conflicts, we recommend that you prefix your package names with your reverse domain name.

e.g. dev.onepub.test