Development environment

To set up an initial development environment:

git clone https://github.com/canonical/charmcraft.git
cd charmcraft
virtualenv venv
. venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt -e .

Developing against Charmcraft source

Make changes as appropriate. Some existing ideas are in the Github Issues

To test locally:

CHARMCRAFT_DEVELOPER=1 python -m charmcraft

When you're done, make sure you run the tests.

You can do so with

pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
./run_tests

Contributions welcome!