Hey guys what is the best way to copy a flow Just use copy o

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Hey guys what is the best way to copy a flow Just use copy or deepcopy

Kevin Kho · Answer

From experience I think copy works already But I think I don t have a better answer for now than try copy and if it doesn t work deepcopy lol

FuETL · Answer

I asking because i have 2 flows and in one of them i m just replacing the name

FuETL · Answer

but now i start getting odd behaviour

FuETL · Answer

ex

FuETL · Answer

if one flow run first the name stick in the next call to `extract flow from file`

FuETL · Answer

i get the same object if i extract the flow that i change the name

Kevin Kho · Answer

Ah then I guess use deepcopy yep

Kevin Kho · Answer

```from prefect import Flow task from copy import copy task def abc return 1 with Flow test as flow abc flow2 = copy flow flow2 name = test2 print flow name ```

FuETL · Answer

great thanks