[Question] How to setup chessli for testing and install from local directory

[ExtremeCoolDude]

Newish coder, how to setup chessli for tinkering purposes and also how to test tinkered features without breaking the pip install. Thanks for this awesome tool!

[pwenker]

In order to develop on chessli, the best workflow is to clone this repository and then pip install it from within the cloned repository instead of installing it from pypi.

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/pwenker/chessli.git
2. Move into the folder and install it: cd chessli && pip install .
3. Perform whatever changes you want to do inside of the chessli repository.
4. Go back into the chessli folder and do pip install .

Notes:

• You might need to uninstall your existing chessli version before trying it out: pip uninstall chessli.
• Unfortunately, I don't know of any more straightforward way, since I use pyproject.toml and poetry instead of setup.py. For the latter one, it is possible to install via pip install -e . so that you don't need to reinstall chessli after every single change that you want to test. There is an open issue: pip install -e . equivalent? python-poetry/poetry#34
• I don't know how the above steps need to be adapted if you are a windows user.

Feel free to comment below, in case it works, or also if you encounter problems or have further questions :)

[pwenker]

@ExtremeCoolDude: Did it work for you?

[ExtremeCoolDude]

Got stuck in the first step tbh, I think its too basic problem but can't figure it out via google-fu.

ERROR: File "setup.py" not found. Directory cannot be installed in editable mode: /home/da/chessli/chessli

Edit: my bad, this issue can be closed, I've been missing the period . character. It worked!

[pwenker]

Awesome. Happy coding :)