diff --git a/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/common/resources.go b/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/common/resources.go
index 634e6b6972..c2f4776e97 100644
--- a/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/common/resources.go
+++ b/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/common/resources.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	_ "github.com/open-component-model/ocm/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/common/inputs/types"
+	v1 "github.com/open-component-model/ocm/pkg/contexts/ocm/compdesc/meta/v1"
 
 	"github.com/mandelsoft/vfs/pkg/vfs"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
@@ -44,15 +45,15 @@ type ResourceSpecHandler interface {
 	Set(v ocm.ComponentVersionAccess, r addhdlrs.Element, acc compdesc.AccessSpec) error
 }
 
-func CheckHint(v ocm.ComponentVersionAccess, acc compdesc.AccessSpec) error {
-	err := checkHint(v, "source", compdesc.SourceArtifacts, acc)
+func CheckHint(v ocm.ComponentVersionAccess, elem addhdlrs.Element, acc compdesc.AccessSpec) error {
+	err := checkHint(v, "source", elem, compdesc.SourceArtifacts, acc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return checkHint(v, "resource", compdesc.ResourceArtifacts, acc)
+	return checkHint(v, "resource", elem, compdesc.ResourceArtifacts, acc)
 }
 
-func checkHint(v ocm.ComponentVersionAccess, typ string, artacc compdesc.ArtifactAccess, acc compdesc.AccessSpec) error {
+func checkHint(v ocm.ComponentVersionAccess, typ string, elem addhdlrs.Element, artacc compdesc.ArtifactAccess, acc compdesc.AccessSpec) error {
 	spec, err := v.GetContext().AccessSpecForSpec(acc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ func checkHint(v ocm.ComponentVersionAccess, typ string, artacc compdesc.Artifac
 	if local.ReferenceName == "" {
 		return nil
 	}
+	elemid := elem.Spec().GetRawIdentity()
+	if elemid[v1.SystemIdentityVersion] == ComponentVersionTag {
+		elemid[v1.SystemIdentityVersion] = v.GetVersion()
+	}
 	accessor := artacc(v.GetDescriptor())
 	for i := 0; i < accessor.Len(); i++ {
 		a := accessor.GetArtifact(i)
@@ -71,6 +76,9 @@ func checkHint(v ocm.ComponentVersionAccess, typ string, artacc compdesc.Artifac
 		if err != nil {
 			continue
 		}
+		if elemid.Equals(a.GetMeta().GetRawIdentity()) {
+			continue
+		}
 		olocal, ok := other.(*localblob.AccessSpec)
 		if !ok {
 			continue
@@ -486,14 +494,14 @@ func ProcessElements(ictx inputs.Context, cv ocm.ComponentVersionAccess, elems [
 				acc, err = cv.AddBlob(blob, elem.Type(), hint, nil)
 				blob.Close()
 				if err == nil {
-					err = CheckHint(cv, acc)
+					err = CheckHint(cv, elem, acc)
 					if err == nil {
 						err = h.Set(cv, elem, acc)
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
 				acc := elem.Input().Access
-				err = CheckHint(cv, acc)
+				err = CheckHint(cv, elem, acc)
 				if err == nil {
 					err = h.Set(cv, elem, acc)
 				}
diff --git a/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/resources/add/cmd_test.go b/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/resources/add/cmd_test.go
index 06ffcb19c2..750a7964f4 100644
--- a/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/resources/add/cmd_test.go
+++ b/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/resources/add/cmd_test.go
@@ -264,6 +264,22 @@ var _ = Describe("Add resources", func() {
 		Expect(acc.(*ociartifact.AccessSpec).ImageReference).To(Equal("ghcr.io/mandelsoft/pause:v0.1.0"))
 	})
 
+	It("re-adds external image", func() {
+		Expect(env.Execute("add", "resources", "--skip-digest-generation", "--file", ARCH, "/testdata/helm2.yaml")).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(env.Execute("add", "resources", "--skip-digest-generation", "--file", ARCH, "/testdata/helm2.yaml")).To(Succeed())
+
+		data, err := env.ReadFile(env.Join(ARCH, comparch.ComponentDescriptorFileName))
+		Expect(err).To(Succeed())
+		cd, err := compdesc.Decode(data)
+		Expect(err).To(Succeed())
+		Expect(len(cd.Resources)).To(Equal(1))
+	})
+
+	It("rejects duplicate hinte", func() {
+		Expect(env.Execute("add", "resources", "--skip-digest-generation", "--file", ARCH, "/testdata/helm.yaml")).To(Succeed())
+		ExpectError(env.Execute("add", "resources", "--skip-digest-generation", "--file", ARCH, "/testdata/helm2.yaml")).To(MatchError("cannot add resource \"chart2\"(/testdata/helm2.yaml[1][1]): reference name (hint) \"test.de/x/mandelsoft/testchart:0.1.0\" with base media type application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1 already used for resource chart:v1"))
+	})
+
 	Context("resource by options", func() {
 		It("adds simple text blob", func() {
 			meta := `
diff --git a/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/resources/add/testdata/helm2.yaml b/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/resources/add/testdata/helm2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ff7cfc2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmds/ocm/commands/ocmcmds/resources/add/testdata/helm2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+name: chart2
+type: helmChart
+input:
+  type: helm
+  path: testchart
+  repository: mandelsoft/testchart
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/contexts/config/configutils/configure.go b/pkg/contexts/config/configutils/configure.go
index b28c2a0920..29fb04d3ed 100644
--- a/pkg/contexts/config/configutils/configure.go
+++ b/pkg/contexts/config/configutils/configure.go
@@ -1,63 +1,20 @@
 package configutils
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-
 	_ "github.com/open-component-model/ocm/pkg/contexts/datacontext/config"
 
-	"github.com/mandelsoft/spiff/features"
-	"github.com/mandelsoft/spiff/spiffing"
-	"github.com/mandelsoft/vfs/pkg/osfs"
 	"github.com/mandelsoft/vfs/pkg/vfs"
 
 	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm/pkg/contexts/config"
-	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm/pkg/contexts/ocm/utils"
 )
 
-func Configure(path string) error {
-	return ConfigureContext(config.DefaultContext(), path)
+func Configure(path string, fss ...vfs.FileSystem) error {
+	_, err := utils.Configure(config.DefaultContext(), path, fss...)
+	return err
 }
 
-func ConfigureContext(ctxp config.ContextProvider, path string) error {
-	ctx := config.FromProvider(ctxp)
-
-	h, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
-	if path == "" {
-		if h != "" {
-			cfg := h + "/.ocmconfig"
-			if ok, err := vfs.FileExists(osfs.New(), cfg); ok && err == nil {
-				path = cfg
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if path != "" {
-		if strings.HasPrefix(path, "~"+string(os.PathSeparator)) {
-			if len(h) == 0 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("no home directory found for resolving path of ocm config file %q", path)
-			}
-			path = h + path[1:]
-		}
-		data, err := vfs.ReadFile(osfs.New(), path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot read ocm config file %q", path)
-		}
-
-		sctx := spiffing.New().WithFeatures(features.INTERPOLATION, features.CONTROL)
-		data, err = spiffing.Process(sctx, spiffing.NewSourceData(path, data))
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "processing ocm config %q", path)
-		}
-		cfg, err := ctx.GetConfigForData(data, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid ocm config file %q", path)
-		}
-		err = ctx.ApplyConfig(cfg, path)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot apply ocm config %q", path)
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
+func ConfigureContext(ctxp config.ContextProvider, path string, fss ...vfs.FileSystem) error {
+	_, err := utils.Configure(ctxp, path, fss...)
+	return err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/contexts/ocm/utils/configure.go b/pkg/contexts/ocm/utils/configure.go
index 6a6cf297db..aedbbad5fe 100644
--- a/pkg/contexts/ocm/utils/configure.go
+++ b/pkg/contexts/ocm/utils/configure.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/mandelsoft/spiff/spiffing"
 	"github.com/mandelsoft/vfs/pkg/vfs"
 
+	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm/pkg/contexts/config"
 	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm/pkg/contexts/ocm"
 	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm/pkg/contexts/ocm/utils/defaultconfigregistry"
 	"github.com/open-component-model/ocm/pkg/errors"
@@ -19,10 +20,17 @@ const DEFAULT_OCM_CONFIG = ".ocmconfig"
 
 const DEFAULT_OCM_CONFIG_DIR = ".ocm"
 
-func Configure(ctx ocm.Context, path string, fss ...vfs.FileSystem) (ocm.Context, error) {
+func Configure(ctx config.ContextProvider, path string, fss ...vfs.FileSystem) (ocm.Context, error) {
+	var ocmctx ocm.Context
+
 	fs := utils.FileSystem(fss...)
 	if ctx == nil {
-		ctx = ocm.DefaultContext()
+		ocmctx = ocm.DefaultContext()
+		ctx = ocmctx
+	} else {
+		if c, ok := ctx.(ocm.Context); ok {
+			ocmctx = c
+		}
 	}
 	h, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 	if path == "" {
@@ -66,10 +74,10 @@ func Configure(ctx ocm.Context, path string, fss ...vfs.FileSystem) (ocm.Context
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	return ctx, nil
+	return ocmctx, nil
 }
 
-func ConfigureByData(ctx ocm.Context, data []byte, info string) error {
+func ConfigureByData(ctx config.ContextProvider, data []byte, info string) error {
 	var err error
 
 	sctx := spiffing.New().WithFeatures(features.INTERPOLATION, features.CONTROL)