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Fix: allow dbt models to be empty #5270

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Fix: allow dbt models to be empty
georgesittas Sep 1, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into jo/allow_empty_models_dbt
georgesittas Sep 1, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into jo/allow_empty_models_dbt
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions sqlmesh/dbt/loader.py
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from sqlmesh.dbt.basemodel import BMC, BaseModelConfig
from sqlmesh.dbt.common import Dependencies
from sqlmesh.dbt.context import DbtContext
from sqlmesh.dbt.model import ModelConfig
from sqlmesh.dbt.profile import Profile
from sqlmesh.dbt.project import Project
from sqlmesh.dbt.target import TargetConfig
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package_models: t.Dict[str, BaseModelConfig] = {**package.models, **package.seeds}

for model in package_models.values():
if isinstance(model, ModelConfig) and not model.sql_no_config:
logger.info(f"Skipping empty model '{model.name}' at path '{model.path}'.")
continue

sqlmesh_model = cache.get_or_load_models(
model.path, loader=lambda: [_to_sqlmesh(model, package_context)]
)[0]
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