$ python setup.py --dry-run register --repository http://testpypi.python.org/pypi
...
Registering Foo to http://pypi.python.org/pypi
Server response (200): OK

This is with a .pypirc file with a [server-login] section.

It seems like this can cause unintended registrations on PyPI, etc.  It also makes it unclear how to get the URL that setup() will use prior to the real invocation (e.g. if you would like to prompt the user with the URL they will be pushing to).

I think this is a duplicate, could you check?

I did before and double-checked again.  I searched for "setup repository" and "register repository," for example.  Issue 16926 seemed the most similar, but appears to be different.

This is in part because register.run() calls self._set_config() after calling self.finalize_options():

http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/680a855ec91e/Lib/distutils/command/register.py#l43

And _set_config() doesn't seem to look at already-finalized options.

> Issue 16926 seemed the most similar, but appears to be different.

I meant issue 13615.  It is different but is also about --repository.

Distutils is now deprecated (see PEP 632) and all tagged issues are being closed. From now until removal, only release blocking issues will be considered for distutils.

If this issue does not relate to distutils, please remove the component and reopen it. If you believe it still requires a fix, most likely the issue should be re-reported at https://github.com/pypa/setuptools