From f17f73eb0640f75a13d4120bf3534e67cd9a22ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Chan <vincent@tobikodata.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:53:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Chore: Allow duplicate keys in dbt project yaml files

---
 sqlmesh/dbt/common.py    |  4 +++-
 sqlmesh/utils/yaml.py    | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/utils/test_yaml.py | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sqlmesh/dbt/common.py b/sqlmesh/dbt/common.py
index ec928576ed..c74fd933da 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/dbt/common.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/dbt/common.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
 
 def load_yaml(source: str | Path) -> t.Dict:
     try:
-        return load(source, render_jinja=False)
+        return load(
+            source, render_jinja=False, allow_duplicate_keys=True, keep_last_duplicate_key=True
+        )
     except DuplicateKeyError as ex:
         raise ConfigError(f"{source}: {ex}" if isinstance(source, Path) else f"{ex}")
 
diff --git a/sqlmesh/utils/yaml.py b/sqlmesh/utils/yaml.py
index 0eb18d8188..d72e9d49e5 100644
--- a/sqlmesh/utils/yaml.py
+++ b/sqlmesh/utils/yaml.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from ruamel import yaml
+from ruamel.yaml.constructor import SafeConstructor
 
 from sqlmesh.core.constants import VAR
 from sqlmesh.utils.errors import SQLMeshError
@@ -32,12 +33,30 @@ def YAML(typ: t.Optional[str] = "safe") -> yaml.YAML:
     return yaml_obj
 
 
+class SafeConstructorOverride(SafeConstructor):
+    def check_mapping_key(
+        self,
+        node: t.Any,
+        key_node: t.Any,
+        mapping: t.Any,
+        key: t.Any,
+        value: t.Any,
+    ) -> bool:
+        """This function normally returns True if key is unique.
+
+        It is only used by the construct_mapping function. By always returning True,
+        keys will always be updated and so the last value will be kept for mappings.
+        """
+        return True
+
+
 def load(
     source: str | Path,
     raise_if_empty: bool = True,
     render_jinja: bool = True,
     allow_duplicate_keys: bool = False,
     variables: t.Optional[t.Dict[str, t.Any]] = None,
+    keep_last_duplicate_key: bool = False,
 ) -> t.Dict:
     """Loads a YAML object from either a raw string or a file."""
     path: t.Optional[Path] = None
@@ -56,6 +75,8 @@ def load(
         )
 
     yaml = YAML()
+    if allow_duplicate_keys and keep_last_duplicate_key:
+        yaml.Constructor = SafeConstructorOverride
     yaml.allow_duplicate_keys = allow_duplicate_keys
     contents = yaml.load(source)
     if contents is None:
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_yaml.py b/tests/utils/test_yaml.py
index f2734576b6..5a2e04e5be 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_yaml.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_yaml.py
@@ -45,3 +45,37 @@ def test_yaml() -> None:
 
     decimal_value = Decimal(123.45)
     assert yaml.load(yaml.dump(decimal_value)) == str(decimal_value)
+
+
+def test_load_keep_last_duplicate_key() -> None:
+    input_str = """
+name: first_name
+name: second_name
+name: third_name
+
+foo: bar
+
+mapping:
+    key: first_value
+    key: second_value
+    key: third_value
+
+sequence:
+    - one
+    - two
+"""
+    # Default behavior of ruamel is to keep the first key encountered
+    assert yaml.load(input_str, allow_duplicate_keys=True) == {
+        "name": "first_name",
+        "foo": "bar",
+        "mapping": {"key": "first_value"},
+        "sequence": ["one", "two"],
+    }
+
+    # Test keeping last key
+    assert yaml.load(input_str, allow_duplicate_keys=True, keep_last_duplicate_key=True) == {
+        "name": "third_name",
+        "foo": "bar",
+        "mapping": {"key": "third_value"},
+        "sequence": ["one", "two"],
+    }