Pkg3/Julia 1.0 - how to `dev` a specific branch of unregistered package?

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In the pkg mode of the Julia 1.0 REPL I can do the following to get add a specific branch of my unregistered package:

(v1.0) pkg> add https://github.com/JuliaRheology/RHEOS.jl#v1compat

However, if I want to dev a specific branch:

(v1.0) pkg> dev https://github.com/JuliaRheology/RHEOS.jl#v1compat

I get:

ERROR: invalid token

Is it possible to dev a package with a non-master branch?

Thanks

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You can dev and then just change the branch with e.g git.

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My master branch is still Julia 0.6 so I get the following error:

ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package JLD [4138dd39]:
 JLD [4138dd39] log:
 ├─possible versions are: [0.5.0-0.5.9, 0.6.0-0.6.11, 0.8.0-0.8.3] or uninstalled
 ├─restricted to versions 0.0.0-* by RHEOS [4bf54d18], leaving only versions [0.5.0-0.5.9, 0.6.0-0.6.11, 0.8.0-0.8.3]
 │ └─RHEOS [4bf54d18] log:
 │   ├─possible versions are: 0.0.0 or uninstalled
 │   └─RHEOS [4bf54d18] is fixed to version 0.0.0
 └─restricted by julia compatibility requirements to versions: uninstalled — no versions left

Maybe there’s a way to ignore errors? If possible I’d like to avoid changing the master branch for now.

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Are you using 1.0.1? There’s been some fixes there that might help this.

When using dev the normal julia compatibility that is used in add should be disregarded…

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Yep 1.0.1, downloaded it today. Hmm that’s strange. In case it helps this is the full feedback:

           _

   _       _ _(_)_     |  Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_)     | (_) (_)    |
   _ _   _| |_  __ _   |  Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` |  |
  | | |_| | | | (_| |  |  Version 1.0.1 (2018-09-29)
 _/ |\__'_|_|_|\__'_|  |  Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/                   |

(v1.0) pkg> dev https://github.com/JuliaRheology/RHEOS.jl
  Updating registry at `C:\Users\louis.kaplan\.julia\registries\General`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRheology/RHEOS.jl`
[ Info: Assigning UUID 4bf54d18-b41c-58dc-8574-a0581551535a to RHEOS
[ Info: Path `C:\Users\louis.kaplan\.julia\dev\RHEOS` exists and looks like the correct package, using existing path instead of cloning
 Resolving package versions...
ERROR: Unsatisfiable requirements detected for package JLD [4138dd39]:
 JLD [4138dd39] log:
 ├─possible versions are: [0.5.0-0.5.9, 0.6.0-0.6.11, 0.8.0-0.8.3] or uninstalled
 ├─restricted to versions 0.0.0-* by RHEOS [4bf54d18], leaving only versions [0.5.0-0.5.9, 0.6.0-0.6.11, 0.8.0-0.8.3]
 │ └─RHEOS [4bf54d18] log:
 │   ├─possible versions are: 0.0.0 or uninstalled
 │   └─RHEOS [4bf54d18] is fixed to version 0.0.0
 └─restricted by julia compatibility requirements to versions: uninstalled — no versions left
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I wonder if I’ve messed something up here by adding the specific branch too?

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Some further info, now when I navigate to \.julia\dev\RHEOS there is a folder there but when I type git branch it just shows the master branch.

And just in case it is helpful for diagnosis I’m on Windows 7 (64 bit) and installed Julia from .exe (not from source).

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This is the expected behavior.

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Ah I thought that all branches should be cloned in with the dev command and Kristoffer’s comment was saying I should be able to just checkout the branch. I understand now he meant I need to fetch it in. I did the following:

git fetch origin v1compat:v1compat

which seems to have worked. However it still seems counter-intuitive to yield and error yet still produce what in my case is basically the desired result?

EDIT: The files in the directory have updated as expected but when I try using RHEOS I get the following Error message:


julia> using RHEOS
ERROR: ArgumentError: Package RHEOS not found in current path:
- Run `import Pkg; Pkg.add("RHEOS")` to install the RHEOS package.

Stacktrace:
 [1] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:820

And although I was sure it wouldn’t work, just for full clarity I did try the REPL suggestion, which didn’t work as it is not a registered package:

julia> import Pkg

julia> Pkg.add("RHEOS")
  Updating registry at `C:\Users\louis.kaplan\.julia\registries\General`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
ERROR: The following package names could not be resolved:
 * RHEOS (not found in project, manifest or registry)
Please specify by known `name=uuid`.

Also to note, when I add RHEOS (correct branch) and type using RHEOS it works fine (I have removed RHEOS since then to try and focus on getting the dev version working without any confusion).

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Thanks. Just to check, did you mean disregarded by the user or disregarded by Julia?

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OK, finally got it working.

I did the following

  1. In Julia pkg mode: dev https://github.com/JuliaRheology/RHEOS.jl
  2. Exited Julia
  3. git fetch origin v1compat:v1compat (in the dev/RHEOS directory)
  4. git checkout v1compat
  5. In Julia pkg mode: dev https://github.com/JuliaRheology/RHEOS.jl

In the first step I get the error message described above but it still downloads the folder. In the last fifth step I do not get any error message and I can now do using RHEOS. To emphasise, I could not do using RHEOS at any point until completing all these steps.

Is this the intended behaviour? Seems a little counter-intuitive (to a fairly inexperienced Julia user). If it is I may try add a PR to the documentation to add info on this.

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Can you just do resolve at the pkg prompt instead of the final dev? You have to do this if dependencies change via non-pkg operations (e.g. editing a file or running a git command).

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Trying that now (so as my above post steps 1 - 4, and then resolve instead of step 5), then back to normal Julia REPL:

julia> using RHEOS
ERROR: ArgumentError: Package RHEOS not found in current path:
- Run `import Pkg; Pkg.add("RHEOS")` to install the RHEOS package.

Stacktrace:
 [1] require(::Module, ::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:820