Installing collections in 'editable' mode for development
To enable development of collections, it is possible to install a
local checkout of a collection in 'editable' mode. Instead of
copying a collection into ~/.ansible/content, this mode will
create a symlink from _~/.ansible/content/my_namespace/mycolllection
to a dir where the under development collection lives.
ie, if _~/src/collections/my_newcollection is being worked on, to install
it in editable mode under the namespace 'my_namespace' :
Installing collections in 'editable' mode for development
To enable development of collections, it is possible to install a local checkout of a collection in 'editable' mode. Instead of copying a collection into ~/.ansible/content, this mode will create a symlink from _~/.ansible/content/my_namespace/mycolllection to a dir where the under development collection lives.
ie, if _~/src/collections/my_newcollection is being worked on, to install it in editable mode under the namespace 'my_namespace' :
The above command will symlink _~/.ansble/content/my_namespace/my_newcollection -> _~/src/collections/my_newcollection.
The install option '--editable' or the short '-e' can be used. Note that '--namespace' option is required.
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