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fix(clone): allow ee site clone/sync onto a host with no existing sites #501

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fix(clone): detect empty destination host in site_exists
mrrobot47 Jul 16, 2026
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fix(clone): harden empty-host detection after review
mrrobot47 Jul 16, 2026
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31 changes: 24 additions & 7 deletions src/clone/Cloner.php
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Expand Up @@ -81,8 +81,16 @@ public function validate_ee_version(): void {
}

public function validate_parent_site_present_on_host( string $site ): void {
$list_result = $this->execute( 'ee site list --format=json' );
$list_result = json_decode( $list_result->stdout, true );
$list_run = $this->execute( 'ee site list --format=json' );
$list_result = json_decode( $list_run->stdout, true );

if ( ! is_array( $list_result ) ) {
// An empty host has no parent to match; any other failure must surface, not be masked as "parent not found".
if ( 0 !== $list_run->return_code && ! $this->is_no_sites_error( $list_run ) ) {
throw new \Exception( 'Unable to get site list on ' . $this->user . '@' . $this->host );
}
$list_result = [];
}

foreach ( $list_result as $site_details ) {
$parent_site = $site_details['site'];
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -287,14 +295,23 @@ public function create_site( Site $source_site, $assoc_args ): EE\ProcessRun {
return $new_site;
}

// True when `ee site list` failed specifically because the host has no sites.
// `\EE::error( 'No sites found!' )` exits 1 and writes to stderr (merged into stdout under `ssh -t`).
private function is_no_sites_error( EE\ProcessRun $result ): bool {
if ( 1 !== $result->return_code ) {
return false;
}

$output = trim( preg_replace( '#\\x1b[[][^A-Za-z]*[A-Za-z]#', '', $result->stderr . $result->stdout ) );

return false !== strpos( $output, 'Error: No sites found!' );
}

public function site_exists(): bool {
$site_list = $this->execute( 'ee site list --format=json --no-color' );

if ( 1 === $site_list->return_code ) {
$error = trim ( preg_replace( '#\\x1b[[][^A-Za-z]*[A-Za-z]#', '', $site_list->stdout ) );
if ( 'Error: No sites found!' === $error ) {
return false;
}
if ( $this->is_no_sites_error( $site_list ) ) {
return false;
}

if ( 0 !== $site_list->return_code ) {
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