CLI: Export-dir provides LatestClone

holunder — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 05:06:30 GMT

Hi everyone,

I want to download the current databricks codebase out of a workspace and tried via

databricks databricks workspace export-dir /Sandbox/foo .

Surprisingly, some of the subfolders are twice in the export target: One with the expected name (`bar`) and one with a postfix (bar_LatestClone).

When comparing with what I see in browser in databricks, bar_LatestClone is the latest version. But what's the cause of having two exported versions? My aim is to just download expactly what I see in databricks web.

Thanks

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Re: CLI: Export-dir provides LatestClone

SP_6721 — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:18:34 GMT

Hi @holunder ,

This could be because the backend stores both the original and cloned versions of folders, even if only one appears in the web UI. The Databricks CLI exports everything from the backend, not just what's visible in the UI.

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