How to work on a package
Grant Edwards
grant.b.edwards at gmail.com
Wed Feb 7 18:17:10 EST 2018
On 2018-02-07, Rob Gaddi <rgaddi at highlandtechnology.invalid> wrote:
> When I'm working on a module, the trick is to write a setup.py (using
> setuptools) from the very get-go. Before I write a single line of code,
> I've got a setup.py and the directory framework.
>
> Then you install the package using pip -e (or in practice --user -e).
> That's the missing piece. That way you can import your module from the
> interpreter, because it's now on the path, but its physical location is
> right there where you left it, complete with your VCS metadata and etc.
How do you work on a package that must remain installed and usable the
whole time you're working on it?
IOW, only specific test apps or apps run in a specific directory
should get the "in-progress" foo module when they do an "import foo".
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