Warn instead of raising or overwriting state

Author: georgesittas

sqlmesh/migrations/v0087_normalize_blueprint_variables.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 from sqlglot import exp
+from sqlmesh.core.console import get_console
 from sqlmesh.utils.migration import index_text_type, blob_text_type
 
 
@@ -81,14 +82,15 @@ def migrate(state_sync, **kwargs):  # type: ignore
             for var, value in dict(blueprint_vars).items():
                 lowercase_var = var.lower()
                 if var != lowercase_var:
-                    # Ensures that we crash instead of overwriting snapshot payloads incorrectly
-                    assert lowercase_var not in blueprint_vars, (
-                        "SQLMesh could not migrate the state database successfully, because it detected "
-                        f"two different blueprint variable names ('{var}' and '{lowercase_var}') that resolve "
-                        f"to the same name ('{lowercase_var}') for model '{node['name']}'. Downgrade the local "
-                        "SQLMesh version to the previously-installed one, rename either of these variables, "
-                        "apply the corresponding plan and try again."
-                    )
+                    if lowercase_var in blueprint_vars:
+                        get_console().log_warning(
+                            "SQLMesh is unable to fully migrate the state database, because the "
+                            f"model '{node['name']}' contains two blueprint variables ('{var}' and "
+                            f"'{lowercase_var}') that resolve to the same value ('{lowercase_var}'). "
+                            "This may result in unexpected changes being reported by the next "
+                            "`sqlmesh plan` command. If this happens, consider renaming either variable, "
+                            "so that they won't resolve to their names won't clash when lowercased."
+                        )
 
                     del blueprint_vars[var]
                     blueprint_vars[lowercase_var] = value