Support for editable installs

[kennethreitz]

Currently, we cannot convert a pip install -e .... to Pipfile's format.

[kennethreitz]

Done!

[abdulhaq-e]

Is there a way to use it with pipenv install?

[winni2k]

@abdulhaq-e: It appears this feature has regressed.
See https://github.com/kennethreitz/pipenv/issues/313

[kennethreitz]

working on master

[ericfrederich]

What about installing the project you're working on as editable, like pip install --editable . would do? Is this possible?

[winni2k]

python setup.py develop appears to work for me?

[ericfrederich]

@wkretzsch, would you run that as pipenv run python setup.py develop?

[winni2k]

Right. I run it from inside a pipenv shell

pipenv shell 
# wait for virtualenv to load
python setup.py develop

[winni2k]

I think the develop command is only supported by setuptools.

Here is the head of my setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
from setuptools import setup, find_packages

setup (
# ...

[exhuma]

What about adding a -e/--editable flag to pipenv install? The flag seems to be currently free. At least in version 8.3.2

[techalchemy]

@exhuma 9.0.1 has been out for some time and editable installs have been supported via -e for some time

[immunochomik]

I have version 9.1.0 and -e option is not there, it does not appear in pipenv install -h and it does not work. So @techalchemy I do not understand is it there or not ?

[techalchemy]

It is not an argument to the command line any more than the name of a package would be considered an argument, which is why it doesn’t appear in help. It is passed as a part of a requirement, not as an option to pipenv. So yes, as stated, it remains supported, please attempt to use it and file an issue if you find a problem with it.