Fix download local dir edge case (remove lru_cache)

src/huggingface_hub/_local_folder.py

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 import os
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ def save(self, paths: LocalUploadFilePaths) -> None:
             self.timestamp = new_timestamp
 
 
-@lru_cache(maxsize=128)  # ensure singleton
 def get_local_download_paths(local_dir: Path, filename: str) -> LocalDownloadFilePaths:
     """Compute paths to the files related to a download process.
 
@@ -220,7 +218,6 @@ def get_local_download_paths(local_dir: Path, filename: str) -> LocalDownloadFil
     return LocalDownloadFilePaths(file_path=file_path, lock_path=lock_path, metadata_path=metadata_path)
 
 
-@lru_cache(maxsize=128)  # ensure singleton
 def get_local_upload_paths(local_dir: Path, filename: str) -> LocalUploadFilePaths:
     """Compute paths to the files related to an upload process.
 
@@ -404,7 +401,6 @@ def write_download_metadata(local_dir: Path, filename: str, commit_hash: str, et
             f.write(f"{commit_hash}\n{etag}\n{time.time()}\n")
 
 
-@lru_cache()
 def _huggingface_dir(local_dir: Path) -> Path:
     """Return the path to the `.cache/huggingface` directory in a local directory."""
     # Wrap in lru_cache to avoid overwriting the .gitignore file if called multiple times

tests/test_local_folder.py

@@ -74,14 +74,17 @@ def test_local_download_paths(tmp_path: Path):
     assert paths.incomplete_path("etag123").parent.is_dir()
 
 
-def test_local_download_paths_are_cached(tmp_path: Path):
-    """Test local download paths are cached."""
-    # No need for an exact singleton here.
-    # We just want to avoid recreating the dataclass on consecutive calls (happens often
-    # in the process).
+def test_local_download_paths_are_recreated_each_time(tmp_path: Path):
     paths1 = get_local_download_paths(tmp_path, "path/in/repo.txt")
+    assert paths1.file_path.parent.is_dir()
+    assert paths1.metadata_path.parent.is_dir()
+
+    paths1.file_path.parent.rmdir()
+    paths1.metadata_path.parent.rmdir()
+
     paths2 = get_local_download_paths(tmp_path, "path/in/repo.txt")
-    assert paths1 is paths2
+    assert paths2.file_path.parent.is_dir()
+    assert paths2.metadata_path.parent.is_dir()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(os.name != "nt", reason="Windows-specific test.")
@@ -198,14 +201,17 @@ def test_local_upload_paths(tmp_path: Path):
     assert paths.lock_path.parent.is_dir()
 
 
-def test_local_upload_paths_are_cached(tmp_path: Path):
-    """Test local upload paths are cached."""
-    # No need for an exact singleton here.
-    # We just want to avoid recreating the dataclass on consecutive calls (happens often
-    # in the process).
-    paths1 = get_local_download_paths(tmp_path, "path/in/repo.txt")
-    paths2 = get_local_download_paths(tmp_path, "path/in/repo.txt")
-    assert paths1 is paths2
+def test_local_upload_paths_are_recreated_each_time(tmp_path: Path):
+    paths1 = get_local_upload_paths(tmp_path, "path/in/repo.txt")
+    assert paths1.file_path.parent.is_dir()
+    assert paths1.metadata_path.parent.is_dir()
+
+    paths1.file_path.parent.rmdir()
+    paths1.metadata_path.parent.rmdir()
+
+    paths2 = get_local_upload_paths(tmp_path, "path/in/repo.txt")
+    assert paths2.file_path.parent.is_dir()
+    assert paths2.metadata_path.parent.is_dir()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(os.name != "nt", reason="Windows-specific test.")