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Use ~/.local/bin/poetry if it exists

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
50/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the Poetry executable resolution logic in the repository's Makefile and inspect how PATH-related failures are reported. Implement the fallback for ~/.local/bin/poetry only when that directory is absent from PATH, and confirm that the user is told about the PATH misconfiguration.

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Description

As a better default or another step in resolution, let's check for ~/.local/bin/poetry and use it if it exists and ~/.local/bin isn't in the PATH, and of course, tell the user about the misconfiguration.

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