Slight fix

Author: ofek

backend/src/hatchling/metadata/core.py

@@ -84,16 +84,16 @@ def core_raw_metadata(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
                 message = 'The `project` configuration must be a table'
                 raise TypeError(message)
 
-            core_raw_metadata = deepcopy(core_raw_metadata)
             pkg_info = os.path.join(self.root, 'PKG-INFO')
             if os.path.isfile(pkg_info):
                 from hatchling.metadata.spec import project_metadata_from_core_metadata
 
                 with open(pkg_info, encoding='utf-8') as f:
                     pkg_info_contents = f.read()
 
-                base_metadata = project_metadata_from_core_metadata(pkg_info_contents)
-                core_raw_metadata.update(base_metadata)
+                core_raw_metadata = project_metadata_from_core_metadata(pkg_info_contents)
+            else:
+                core_raw_metadata = deepcopy(core_raw_metadata)
 
             self._core_raw_metadata = core_raw_metadata
 

tests/backend/metadata/test_core.py

@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ def test_dependencies(self, isolation, latest_spec):
 
 
 def test_source_distribution_metadata(temp_dir, helpers, latest_spec):
-    metadata = ProjectMetadata(str(temp_dir), None, {'project': {}})
+    metadata = ProjectMetadata(str(temp_dir), None, {'project': {'dynamic': ['version']}})
 
     pkg_info = temp_dir / 'PKG-INFO'
     pkg_info.write_text(