pyinvoke is a simple module that is used to invoked Python applications
using a full function specifier, similar to distlib entrypoints.
The key advantage is that the Python application you want to run will be
loaded as its proper module instead of as the __main__ module. pyinvoke
will be the __main__ module for this operation.
One of the motivating cases where pyinvoke comes in handy is the following:
$ python -m module.main
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "module/main.py", line 7, in <module>
from .stuff import ham
SystemError: Parent module '' not loaded, cannot perform relative import
To run the application with pyinvoke:
$ python3 -m pyinvoke module.main:main
Applications that depend on restarting can read the original commandline
from sys.__argv__:
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