RussellSpitzer commented on a change in pull request #3845:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/3845#discussion_r778366763



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File path: api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/PartitionSpec.java
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@@ -337,16 +337,22 @@ private void checkAndAddPartitionName(String name) {
     }
 
     private void checkAndAddPartitionName(String name, Integer sourceColumnId) 
{
+      checkAndAddPartitionName(name, sourceColumnId, true);
+    }
+
+    private void checkAndAddPartitionName(String name, Integer sourceColumnId, 
boolean checkConflict) {
       Types.NestedField schemaField = schema.findField(name);
-      if (sourceColumnId != null) {
-        // for identity transform case we allow  conflicts between partition 
and schema field name as
-        //   long as they are sourced from the same schema field
-        Preconditions.checkArgument(schemaField == null || 
schemaField.fieldId() == sourceColumnId,
-            "Cannot create identity partition sourced from different field in 
schema: %s", name);
-      } else {
-        // for all other transforms we don't allow conflicts between partition 
name and schema field name
-        Preconditions.checkArgument(schemaField == null,
-            "Cannot create partition from name that exists in schema: %s", 
name);
+      if (checkConflict) {

Review comment:
       I wonder if `checkConflict` should just be a part of the builder? It 
seems a little odd that just the identity method has this flag. Like maybe you 
have something like
   
   partitionSpec.builder().checkConflicts(false) ?




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