From 3d64ec312462bfd44ac00aef3156d9231198763e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martijn Vermaat <martijn@vermaat.name>
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:43:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Note on development mode in install docs
---
doc/install.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst
index c23959e0..23fd6805 100644
--- a/doc/install.rst
+++ b/doc/install.rst
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ If everything's okay, install Mutalyzer::
$ python setup.py install
+.. note:: If you're planning on modifying the Mutalyzer source code, it might
+ be convenient to install Mutalyzer in *development mode*::
+
+ $ python setup.py develop
+
+ Instead of copying the source code to the installation directory, this
+ only links from the installation directory to the source code such that
+ any changes you make to it are directly available in the environment.
+
.. seealso::
`virtualenv`_
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