[git-buildpackage] Hacking: How to run git-buildpackage from sources?

[Guido Günther]

Hi,
On Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 07:37:30PM -0800, Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I can run the system gbp like this:
> # gbp --version
> gbp 0.9.35
> 
> ..and the packaged one in source tree like this:
> # ./debian/tmp/usr/bin/gbp --version
> gbp 0.9.35
> 
> 
> ..but what is the syntax to run the unpackaged raw source python?
> 
> I tried these but there is some gap in my understanding of the
> "superfile" architecture this Python project has.
> 
> # PYTHONPATH="$PWD;$PYTHONPATH" python3 -m gbp.main --version
> /usr/bin/python3: No module named gbp.main
> 
> # python3 -m gbp --version
> /usr/bin/python3: No module named gbp.__main__; 'gbp' is a package and
> cannot be directly executed

I'm using

```
$ cat ~/bin/gbp-from-sourcetree 
#!/bin/bash

set -e

GBP=/path/to/git-buildpackage/
export PYTHONPATH="${GBP}"

CMD=${1//-/_}
shift

python3 "${GBP}/gbp/scripts/$CMD.py" $@
```

Cheers,
  -- Guido

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