Problem trying to publish library

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1

I am trying to publish a library which is an extension to an existing library that appears to have been abandoned.
My library has a different name to the original, but complains that there is an existing library of the same name.

Actual error:

Linting library in WiThrottleProtocol
ERROR: Library name WiThrottle is in use by a library in the Library Manager index. Each library must have a unique name
       value. If your library is already in the index, use the "--library-manager update" flag.                         
       See: https://arduino.github.io/arduino-cli/latest/library-specification/#libraryproperties-file-format           
       (Rule LP017)

Is there any thing I can do to publish my version?

2

I suppose you cloned the other library to start and edited the .h and .cpp file

but have you changed the library.properties file to match your specifics? (like its name)

3

yes I have changed it.

4

the IDE does not seem to know.

have you updated your local copy?

5

yes, I made the changes on the local copy and pushed commited them.

There error is from the github pull request to the library-register, not the IDE.

6

actually have you looked at @pert comment one minute ago?

However, Library Manager works exclusively from Git tags, so the bot won't be able to see the fix you made until you create a new release or tag in the library repository.

8

Thanks.
I just saw it. I have 'hopefully' created the release now.

Peter