feat: guard against reserved mloda namespace package roots

README.md

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ placeholder/
 
 This renames `placeholder/` to `<your-package-name>/`, updates `pyproject.toml` (`name`, `authors`, `description`, `packages.find.include`, `pytest.testpaths`), updates `.releaserc.yaml` (`message`, `repositoryUrl`), and rewrites `from placeholder.` imports across the package.
 
-The package name must be a valid Python identifier (lowercase letters, digits, underscores; must start with a letter). All option flags are optional; if you omit them you can edit the corresponding fields by hand later.
+The package name must be a valid Python identifier (lowercase letters, digits, underscores; must start with a letter). The names `mloda` and `mloda_plugins` are reserved: the core `mloda` package is a shared PEP 420 namespace, so a plugin that shipped `mloda/__init__.py` would make mloda unimportable for everyone who installs it. Both `bin/customize.sh` and a `tox`/CI check reject these names. All option flags are optional; if you omit them you can edit the corresponding fields by hand later.
 
 #### 2. Verify setup
 

bin/customize.sh

@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ if [[ "$PACKAGE" == "placeholder" ]]; then
   exit 2
 fi
 
+if [[ "$PACKAGE" == "mloda" || "$PACKAGE" == "mloda_plugins" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: package name '$PACKAGE' is reserved by the mloda namespace." >&2
+  echo "The core mloda package is a shared PEP 420 namespace; a plugin that ships" >&2
+  echo "mloda/__init__.py would make mloda unimportable for everyone who installs it." >&2
+  echo "Choose a name unique to your organization (e.g. acme, my_org)." >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
 if ! [[ "$PACKAGE" =~ ^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$ ]]; then
   echo "Error: package name must be lowercase letters/digits/underscores, starting with a letter." >&2
   echo "Got: $PACKAGE" >&2

tests/test_reserved_namespace.py

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+"""Guard: a template-born plugin must never ship ``mloda/__init__.py``.
+
+``mloda`` is a shared PEP 420 namespace package; a distribution that ships
+``mloda/__init__.py`` collapses it and makes mloda unimportable. See
+https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/creating-and-discovering-plugins/
+"""
+
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Names a plugin must not use for a package root (``mloda_plugins`` is reserved too).
+RESERVED_NAMESPACE_ROOTS = ("mloda", "mloda_plugins")
+
+# Dirs that never ship; pruned so an installed dep (e.g. mloda under .venv) is ignored.
+EXCLUDED_DIRS = frozenset(
+    {".git", ".venv", "venv", ".tox", ".mypy_cache", ".ruff_cache", ".pytest_cache", "__pycache__", "build", "dist"}
+)
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+def find_reserved_namespace_violations(root: Path) -> list[str]:
+    """Flag a reserved top-level package root, or a reserved ``<name>/__init__.py``
+    anywhere in the tree (so ``src/``-style layouts are covered too)."""
+    violations: list[str] = []
+
+    for name in RESERVED_NAMESPACE_ROOTS:
+        if (root / name).is_dir():
+            violations.append(
+                f"package root directory '{name}/' uses the reserved mloda namespace; "
+                "rename it (see README 'Setup Your Plugin')"
+            )
+
+    for dirpath, dirnames, _ in os.walk(root):
+        dirnames[:] = [d for d in dirnames if d not in EXCLUDED_DIRS and not d.endswith(".egg-info")]
+        for name in RESERVED_NAMESPACE_ROOTS:
+            init_file = Path(dirpath) / name / "__init__.py"
+            if init_file.is_file():
+                rel = init_file.relative_to(root).as_posix()
+                violations.append(
+                    f"'{rel}' would ship in the built distribution and collapse the PEP 420 "
+                    "'mloda' namespace package, making mloda unimportable for anyone who "
+                    "installs this plugin"
+                )
+
+    return violations
+
+
+def test_repo_has_no_reserved_namespace_root() -> None:
+    """Live guard: this repo must not ship into the mloda namespace."""
+    violations = find_reserved_namespace_violations(REPO_ROOT)
+    assert not violations, "Reserved namespace violation(s):\n" + "\n".join(violations)
+
+
+def test_detects_reserved_root_with_init(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    pkg = tmp_path / "mloda"
+    pkg.mkdir()
+    (pkg / "__init__.py").write_text("")
+
+    violations = find_reserved_namespace_violations(tmp_path)
+
+    # Root-name check and shipped-__init__.py check both fire.
+    assert len(violations) == 2
+    assert any("__init__.py" in v for v in violations)
+
+
+def test_detects_reserved_root_without_init(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    # Rejected even as a bare namespace dir (no __init__.py).
+    (tmp_path / "mloda_plugins").mkdir()
+
+    violations = find_reserved_namespace_violations(tmp_path)
+
+    assert len(violations) == 1
+    assert "mloda_plugins/" in violations[0]
+
+
+def test_detects_reserved_namespace_in_src_layout(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    # src/ layout shipping mloda/__init__.py is still caught.
+    pkg = tmp_path / "src" / "mloda"
+    pkg.mkdir(parents=True)
+    (pkg / "__init__.py").write_text("")
+
+    violations = find_reserved_namespace_violations(tmp_path)
+
+    assert len(violations) == 1
+    assert "src/mloda/__init__.py" in violations[0]
+
+
+def test_ignores_excluded_dirs(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    # A dep installed under .venv must not trip the guard.
+    pkg = tmp_path / ".venv" / "lib" / "mloda"
+    pkg.mkdir(parents=True)
+    (pkg / "__init__.py").write_text("")
+
+    assert find_reserved_namespace_violations(tmp_path) == []
+
+
+def test_clean_tree_has_no_violations(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    pkg = tmp_path / "acme"
+    pkg.mkdir()
+    (pkg / "__init__.py").write_text("")
+
+    assert find_reserved_namespace_violations(tmp_path) == []