From aa911122feab13f8e65875c98edb00fd3832b7b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom MacWright Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:48:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Fix typo in install step: should be install -e (#500) --- docs/contributing.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst index 27237a2f..993d01d8 100644 --- a/docs/contributing.rst +++ b/docs/contributing.rst @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The next step is to create a virtual environment for your project and use it to # Now activate the virtual environment, so pip can install into it source venv/bin/activate # Install Datasette and its testing dependencies - python3 -m pip -e .[test] + python3 -m pip install -e .[test] That last line does most of the work: ``pip install -e`` means "install this package in a way that allows me to edit the source code in place". The ``.[test]`` option means "use the setup.py in this directory and install the optional testing dependencies as well".