Meltano

Is there an easy way to tell meltano I don’t want to install the default dbt transform packages, and just want to use my own?

<@U06CC4TUB8A> Where exactly are you seeing the default transform plugins enter the scene against your wishes/expectations?

Right after I run `meltano elt tap-shopify target-snowflake --transform only --job_id=shop22snow`  if I don’t have the transform for shopify installed (which is desired, I want to use my own)

All right, did you add your own dbt models to `transform/models`, or as a transform plugin in `meltano.yml` ?

Either path is supported, fwiw, and I'd consider this a bug no matter which way you went

<@U06CC4TUB8A> I've filed a new issue: <https://gitlab.com/meltano/meltano/-/issues/2360>

If you are bringing in your own models through a `transform`  plugin, a workaround would be to make sure that the plugin is named `tap-slack` with namespace `tap_slack` , so that the default plugin is masked and overridden.

If you're putting your models straight into `transform/models` , there's not currently a way to work around this issue, unfortunately.

Fortunately, addressing the issue I just linked should be pretty straight forward, and would only involve deleting code, not adding any :slightly_smiling_face: I hope to get to it next week, but if you happen to have time to look into it yourself, I may be able to get it out in an earlier release!

Another temporary workaround would be to add `tap-shopify` as a custom plugin with a `namespace` other than `tap_shopify` , so that the transform plugin won't be considered a related plugin in the first place.