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Debugging / testing a third party package without hacking the pip installed version
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cd somewhere | |
git clone https://github.com/[OWNER]/[REPO].git --branch [SPECIFIC BRANCH] --single-branch | |
cd [REPO] | |
python setup.py develop | |
# Usually, restart dev server to prevent it using already loaded site-packages modules. | |
# Hack away on code in [REPO], python will use this one rather than the one in site-packages. | |
# When done, to switch back: | |
python setup.py develop --uninstall | |
cd .. | |
rm -rf [REPO] |
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In a Vagrant setup where your editor and repo are on the host, with the repo dir mounted within Vagrant, it's convenient to be able to edit the third party package in your editor. To avoid it showing up as an untracked directory in git you can add
test_package
(or any name you want) to.gitignore
and clone the package using that name as the destination: