Get an editable install, instantly!

PEP 660 is slow. instedit is fast. If your build backend is setuptools, then by default your editable installs will not work well with static type checkers and will have additional runtime overhead.

So instead instedit plays fast and loose with the rules and only pays attention to standards when it suits it. Your mileage may vary.

pipx install 'git+https://github.com/hauntsaninja/instedit'

instedit is happy to work from outside your project environment. It will respect the VIRTUAL_ENV environment variable, or you can pass in a target python with the --python flag.

instedit

Installs the project in the current directory editably!

λ instedit --help
usage: instedit [-h] [--python PYTHON] [path]

positional arguments:
  path             Path to the project to install editably

options:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  --python PYTHON  Python to install to (defaults to Python from VIRTUAL_ENV if set, otherwise sys.executable)