How to add a development version of an unregistered package

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Hello.

I know how to add a development version of a registered package

add  PackageName#dev

Also, I know how to add an unregistered package

Pkg.add(url="<git path>/PackageName.jl")

However, I have tried lots of ways of trying to combine these to add a development version of an unregistered package, but noting I have tried has worked.

Is what I would like to do even possible?
Thanks for any help

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Not sure why you use the Pkg REPL-mode when only specifying the git revision, but not for the url/unregistered package.

In the Pkg REPL-mode, you add the package with:

(@v1.5) pkg> add <git path>/PackageName.jl#dev

With Pkg.add, you provide the rev keyword argument as well to specify the git revision:

Pkg.add(url="<git path>/PackageName.jl", rev="dev")
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Thanks so much! I looked for quite a while and could not find any explanation of that combination.