David-OConnor/pyflow

Rust version of "editable install"

matteosantama opened this issue · 1 comments

matteosantama commented

Hi there,

I am a long-time Python developer who has recently taken an interest in Rust. This project caught my eye as a way for me to sharpen my Rust skills, and I'm hoping to put together a few PRs.

In Python, when developing a package, there is the concept of an "editable install" that lets you use the package in its current state. Is there a similar thing in Rust? In other words, if I intend to be actively developing my local version of pyflow, what is the best way for me to install it?

I saw cargo install --path PATH as an option, would you recommend that? The CONTRIBUTING.md doesn't offer much here.

tanj commented

I use cargo install --path ./ to install a locally built release version. If I'm working with a debug release I'll use the direct path to the executable. PROJECT_DIR/target/debug/pyflow

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