diff --git a/rye/src/cli/add.rs b/rye/src/cli/add.rs
index 06ada84b31..c8cb898986 100644
--- a/rye/src/cli/add.rs
+++ b/rye/src/cli/add.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::consts::VENV_BIN;
 use crate::pyproject::{BuildSystem, DependencyKind, ExpandedSources, PyProject};
 use crate::sources::py::PythonVersion;
-use crate::sync::{autosync, sync, SyncOptions};
+use crate::sync::{autosync, sync, SyncOptions, SyncMode};
 use crate::utils::{format_requirement, get_venv_python_bin, set_proxy_variables, CommandOutput};
 use crate::uv::UvBuilder;
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ pub fn execute(cmd: Args) -> Result<(), Error> {
     }
 
     if (cfg.autosync() && !cmd.no_sync) || cmd.sync {
-        autosync(&pyproject_toml, output, false)?;
+        autosync(&pyproject_toml, output, SyncMode::Regular)?;
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/rye/src/cli/remove.rs b/rye/src/cli/remove.rs
index 8519019e8c..2f20b64775 100644
--- a/rye/src/cli/remove.rs
+++ b/rye/src/cli/remove.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use pep508_rs::Requirement;
 
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::pyproject::{DependencyKind, PyProject};
-use crate::sync::autosync;
+use crate::sync::{autosync, SyncMode};
 use crate::utils::{format_requirement, CommandOutput};
 
 /// Removes a package from this project.
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pub fn execute(cmd: Args) -> Result<(), Error> {
     }
 
     if (Config::current().autosync() && !cmd.no_sync) || cmd.sync {
-        autosync(&pyproject_toml, output, false)?;
+        autosync(&pyproject_toml, output, SyncMode::Regular)?;
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/rye/src/cli/run.rs b/rye/src/cli/run.rs
index cdd66a17ef..03cac06a02 100644
--- a/rye/src/cli/run.rs
+++ b/rye/src/cli/run.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use console::style;
 
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::pyproject::{PyProject, Script};
-use crate::sync::{autosync, sync, SyncOptions};
+use crate::sync::{autosync, sync, SyncOptions, SyncMode};
 use crate::tui::redirect_to_stderr;
 use crate::utils::{exec_spawn, get_venv_python_bin, success_status, CommandOutput, IoPathContext};
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub fn execute(cmd: Args) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let pyproject = PyProject::load_or_discover(cmd.pyproject.as_deref())?;
 
     if (Config::current().autosync_before_run() && !cmd.no_sync) || cmd.sync {
-        autosync(&pyproject, output, true)?;
+        autosync(&pyproject, output, SyncMode::OneOffLock)?;
     } else {
         // make sure we have the minimal virtualenv. 
         sync(SyncOptions::python_only().pyproject(cmd.pyproject))
diff --git a/rye/src/cli/test.rs b/rye/src/cli/test.rs
index 81401c4356..ad1212a4df 100644
--- a/rye/src/cli/test.rs
+++ b/rye/src/cli/test.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use same_file::is_same_file;
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::consts::VENV_BIN;
 use crate::pyproject::{locate_projects, normalize_package_name, DependencyKind, PyProject};
-use crate::sync::autosync;
+use crate::sync::{autosync, SyncMode};
 use crate::utils::{CommandOutput, QuietExit};
 
 /// Run the tests on the project.
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub fn execute(cmd: Args) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let has_pytest = has_pytest_dependency(&projects)?;
         if has_pytest {
             if (Config::current().autosync_before_run() && !cmd.no_sync) || cmd.sync {
-                autosync(&projects[0], output, true)?;
+                autosync(&projects[0], output, SyncMode::OneOffLock)?;
             } else {
                 bail!("pytest not installed but in dependencies. Run `rye sync`.")
             }
diff --git a/rye/src/sync.rs b/rye/src/sync.rs
index 6bcd72867d..c05f108bba 100644
--- a/rye/src/sync.rs
+++ b/rye/src/sync.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub enum SyncMode {
     /// recreate everything
     Full,
     /// Recreate if no lock file present, otherwise install without updating
-    OneOff,
+    OneOffLock,
 }
 
 /// Updates the virtualenv based on the pyproject.toml
@@ -179,18 +179,18 @@ pub fn sync(mut cmd: SyncOptions) -> Result<(), Error> {
     // hack to make this work for now.  We basically sym-link pip itself
     // into a folder all by itself and place a second file in there which we
     // can pass to pip-sync to install the local package.
-    let has_lock = (if cmd.dev { &dev_lockfile } else { &lockfile }).is_file();
+    let target_lockfile = if cmd.dev { &dev_lockfile } else { &lockfile };
+    let has_lock = target_lockfile.is_file();
     if recreate || cmd.mode != SyncMode::PythonOnly {
         let sources = ExpandedSources::from_sources(&pyproject.sources()?)?;
         if cmd.no_lock {
-            let lockfile = if cmd.dev { &dev_lockfile } else { &lockfile };
             if !has_lock {
                 bail!(
                     "Locking is disabled but lockfile '{}' does not exist",
-                    lockfile.display()
+                    target_lockfile.display()
                 );
             }
-        } else if cmd.mode == SyncMode::OneOff && has_lock {
+        } else if cmd.mode == SyncMode::OneOffLock && has_lock {
             // do nothing
         } else if let Some(workspace) = pyproject.workspace() {
             // make sure we have an up-to-date lockfile
@@ -315,11 +315,11 @@ pub fn sync(mut cmd: SyncOptions) -> Result<(), Error> {
 }
 
 /// Performs an autosync.
-pub fn autosync(pyproject: &PyProject, output: CommandOutput, one_off: bool) -> Result<(), Error> {
+pub fn autosync(pyproject: &PyProject, output: CommandOutput, sync_mode: SyncMode) -> Result<(), Error> {
     sync(SyncOptions {
         output,
         dev: true,
-        mode: if one_off {SyncMode::OneOff} else {SyncMode::Regular},
+        mode: sync_mode,
         force: false,
         no_lock: false,
         lock_options: LockOptions::default(),