Editable install in different virtual environment.

[BeyondEvil]

As part of a big re-write I'm migrating a pytest plugin (pytest-html) from Poetry to Hatch.

But there's something I can't manage to get working, and I'm likely missing something obvious.

As part of development/manual testing, I install the plugin in a different virtual environment.

I basically do:

☸ deployment (ci) in dev/pytest/test-pytest-html-hatch
❯ python3 -m venv .venv

☸ deployment (ci) in dev/pytest/test-pytest-html-hatch
❯ source .venv/bin/activate

I then run:

☸ deployment (ci) in dev/pytest/test-pytest-html-hatch via 🐍 v3.9.10 (.venv)
❯ pip install -e ../pytest-html

which produces the error:

☸ deployment (ci) in dev/pytest/test-pytest-html-hatch via 🐍 v3.9.10 (.venv)
❯ pip install -e ../pytest-html
ERROR: File "setup.py" or "setup.cfg" not found. Directory cannot be installed in editable mode: /Users/jimbrannlund/dev/pytest/pytest-html
(A "pyproject.toml" file was found, but editable mode currently requires a setuptools-based build.)
WARNING: You are using pip version 21.2.4; however, version 23.0.1 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the '/Users/jimbrannlund/dev/pytest/test-pytest-html-hatch/.venv/bin/python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

pyproject.toml

What am I missing/doing wrong?

[ofek]

Upgrade pip

[BeyondEvil]

Boy that was embarrassing. 😊

Any idea what pip version started supporting it?

I'll go put on the cone of shame now.

Thank you! ❤️

[ofek]

Support for PEP 660 was introduced in https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/#v21-3

[BeyondEvil]

Support for PEP 660 was introduced in https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/#v21-3

So close! 😅 (21.3 vs 21.2.4)

[ofek]

haha yes it was