added layout.txt using jinja2 to parse the build folder correctly
we can consider making multiple in the future.

using this code the following should work

Putting includeos into editable mode:

This is a bit of fiddling initially

Prepping the source

git clone git@github.com:hioa-cs/IncludeOS.git
cd IncludeOS
comment out the version in the conanfile.py
#version = get_version()
(hopefully conan fixes that annoying issue)

Do some local adoptions to where your build folder is

edit layout.txt (jinja2 syntax) and set your build folder in the first line
{% set build_dir='build' %}
[bindirs]
cmake
[includedirs]
api
[libdirs]
{{ build_dir }}/plugins
{{ build_dir }}/drivers
{{ build_dir }}/lib
[resdirs]
{{ build_dir }}

set the conan package into editable mode

Make sure to adjust the version to whatever is apropriate (never than latest)
conan editable add . includeos/0.15.0@includeos/test --layout=layout.txt

create a build folder and build includeos

Change this to whatever build folder matches the layout.txt
mkdir build
cd build
conan install .. -pr <conan_profile> (-o options like solo5=True etc)
cmake .. (-DTOOLCHAIN_PROFILE=xx.yy when needed)
make

Status

The package is now in editable mode and any dependencies should pick this package from your local cache. if you change anything to the code a simple make should be enough however if your dependencies change you need to redo the conan install step.

example on how it looks when its pulled into cache as editable includeos/0.15.0@includeos/test:45955af12a7f7608830c1d255b80a75440406e3c - Editable

finalizing the work / changes

Once the code is “finalized and if you want to verify that the conan package still builds
remove the editable conan editable remove includeos/0.15.0@includeos/test
remove the comment on the #version and do a normal conan create <source_path> includeos/test -pr <conan_profile>