GoogleCloud - uppercase location forces bucket recreation

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This issue was originally opened by @qgadrian as hashicorp/terraform#15218. It was migrated here as part of the provider split. The original body of the issue is below.

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Terraform Version

terraform 0.9.8

Affected Resource(s)

• google_storage_bucket

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "google_storage_bucket" "stuff-bucket" {
  name            = "${var.PROJECT_NAME}-stuff-bucket"
  location        = "${var.REGION}"
  storage_class   = "REGIONAL"
}

Debug Output

-/+ google_storage_bucket.stuff-bucket
    force_destroy: "false" => "false"
    location:      "EUROPE-WEST1" => "europe-west1" (forces new resource)
    name:          "my-project-stuff-bucket" => "my-project-stuff-bucket"
    self_link:     "https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/my-project-stuff-bucket" => "<computed>"
    storage_class: "REGIONAL" => "REGIONAL"
    url:           "gs://my-project-stuff-bucket" => "<computed>"

Expected Behavior

Uppercase the location to avoid bucket recreation.

Actual Behavior

Every terraform apply forces new resource.

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply

References

• Issue DigitalOcean - uppercase region forces droplet recreation terraform#7044 references similar problem in Digital Ocean

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