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docs: clarify that "Installation from repository source" also will run from source
author Mads Kiilerich <mads@kiilerich.com>
date Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:00:58 +0200
parents e85f5bf7ad74
children c354d1a7537f
files docs/installation.rst
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/docs/installation.rst	Sun Aug 23 23:14:21 2020 +0200
+++ b/docs/installation.rst	Mon Aug 24 14:00:58 2020 +0200
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@
         pip install --upgrade -e .
         python3 setup.py compile_catalog   # for translation of the UI
 
+.. note::
+   This will install all Python dependencies into the virtualenv. Kallithea
+   itself will however only be installed as a pointer to the source location.
+   The source clone must thus be kept in the same location, and it shouldn't be
+   updated to other revisions unless you want to upgrade. Edits in the source
+   tree will have immediate impact (possibly after a restart of the service).
+
 You can now proceed to :ref:`install-front-end`.
 
 .. _installation-virtualenv: