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any idea what this error message means?
```
global: global
    error: Short version cannot contain PreRelease/Build meta data
```

Yes, sadly. That is coming from the engine when trying to load a plugin, likely for a provider you've built locally that has no version information. Can you try running with the `PULUMI_DEV` environment variable set to `1`?

```
pulumi:pulumi:Stack: digitalocean-test-digitalocean-dev
    debug: Registering resource: t=do:core/droplet:Droplet, name=test, custom=true

    debug: Registering resource: t=pulumi:pulumi:Stack, name=digitalocean-test-digitalocean-dev, custom=false

    debug: RegisterResource RPC prepared: t=do:core/droplet:Droplet, name=test

    debug: Running program '/Users/Lee/github/digitalocean' in pwd '/Users/Lee/github/digitalocean' w/ args:

    debug: RegisterResource RPC prepared: t=pulumi:pulumi:Stack, name=digitalocean-test-digitalocean-dev

    debug: RegisterResource RPC finished: resource:digitalocean-test-digitalocean-dev[pulumi:pulumi:Stack]; err: null, resp: urn:pulumi:digitalocean-dev::digitalocean-test::pulumi:pulumi:Stack::digitalocean-test-digitalocean-dev,,,,

    debug: RegisterResourceOutputs RPC prepared: urn=urn:pulumi:digitalocean-dev::digitalocean-test::pulumi:pulumi:Stack::digitalocean-test-digitalocean-dev

error: an error occurred while advancing the preview
```