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If a user has enabled development mode, the web-installer for add-ons becomes a nasty footgun which can break add-ons and is deeply confusing for users. The root of the issue is when development mode is enabled, _output will be partially updated it some parts of the add-on's data is touched/modified.

The web installer will deploy the new _data from the add-on zip but these new files will be completely ignored if _output exists. There is no warning, just a deeply...

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