Force `pkg> develop xxx` to clone latest commit

General Usage
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I am happily developing a package in my own machine, so I do

(v1.0) pkg> develop https://github.com/una-dinosauria/Rayuela.jl.git

which, to my surprise, clones a commit from August 2018.

How can I force develop to clone the latest version from github?

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You can change to the directory on your machine and checkout the commit from the command line.

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Just to be clear @una-dinosauria this is an actual bug,
your surprise is justified.

Do not worry the Pkg devs are aware of it,
(though I can’t find the issue number just now).

Until it is fixed @dpsanders’ solution is the way to go.

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Yes, this is the relevant issue.

AFAICT, Pkg currently avoids touching deved packages as much as possible i.e. you still need to update them manually (throught git) anyway.

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Thanks for your help @dpsanders – I was aware of this workaround; I was wondering if there is a way to force Pkg.develop to do it for me instead.

6

Thanks @00vareladavid. This is very helpful.

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Have you tried with Julia 1.0.1? This may have been fixed.

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I’m on 1.0.1 and it still happens :frowning: