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Running pip install -e .[test] in zsh on macOS Catalina
Running pip install -e .[test] in zsh on macOS Catalina
macOS Catalina uses zsh rather than bash as the default shell (apparently because Apple don’t like GPL 3).
I usually set up my Python projects for development like this:
datasette % pipenv shellLaunching subshell in virtual environment… . /Users/simon/.local/share/virtualenvs/datasette-AWNrQs95/bin/activatedatasette % . /Users/simon/.local/share/virtualenvs/datasette-AWNrQs95/bin/activate(datasette) simon@Simons-MacBook-Pro datasette % pip install -e .[test]zsh: no matches found: .[test]In zsh the [ character has special meaning.
Two solutions. The first is to use quotes:
datasette % pip install -e '.[test]'Obtaining file:///Users/simon/Dropbox/Development/datasette...The second is to prefix it with noglob:
datasette % noglob pip install -e .[test] Running pip install -e .[test] in zsh on macOS Catalina
https://mranv.pages.dev/posts/running-pip-install-e-test-in-zsh-on-macos-catalina/