blender.py

# Fix blender path
import sys
import os

# local packages
# sys.path.append(os.path.expanduser("~/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages"))
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.expanduser("~/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages"))
import bpy
import os
from argparse import ArgumentParser


# Monkey patch argparse such that
# blender / python / hydra parsing works
def parse_args(self, args=None, namespace=None):
    if args is not None:
        return self.parse_args_bak(args=args, namespace=namespace)
    try:
        idx = sys.argv.index("--")
        args = sys.argv[idx + 1 :]  # the list after '--'
    except ValueError as e:  # '--' not in the list:
        args = []
    return self.parse_args_bak(args=args, namespace=namespace)


setattr(ArgumentParser, "parse_args_bak", ArgumentParser.parse_args)
setattr(ArgumentParser, "parse_args", parse_args)