Cannot create a new distribution export from existing content, chicken and egg

[fredvd]

I have a project where I want to add my local configuration as demo/default content for the distribution. I just found out this is not possible (yet). in

plone.distribution/src/plone/distribution/cli/__init__.py

Line 36 in 9145dd0

distribution = get_current_distribution(site)

the distribution with which the site was created is being requested. But this is in my use case not known since I'm starting a new distribution. So I should first manually recreate my site example content. Meh.

I assume it is possible to add an extra parameter to the export-distribution command line tool where you can specify the distribution. I'll see if I have time to contribute a PR.

[fredvd]

I've checked the cli and exporting code a bit more. An annotation is stored on the site root of any Plone site that has been created 'from' a distribution and that annotation is restored to a Distribution object and required as soon as en export is needed. I'm not sure what exactly is needed from the Distribution object.