Local path for packages

[kylefleming]

What kind of issue is this?

• PlatformIO Core.

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Configuration

Operating system:

MacOS 10.13.3

PlatformIO Version (platformio --version):

PlatformIO, version 3.5.2rc4

Description of problem

I would like to be able to specify a local path for packages. Currently, it seems the way to do that is to have a local copy of the platform and specify the path for that platform in the platformio.ini. Then, inside the platform's platform.json, set the version of the package to the path for that package (prepended with file://).

However, when I do that, it copies the folder of the package to the ~/.platformio/packages folder, preventing me from making further changes to my package's original package location, without deleting the copied version between every build or editing the version in the ~/.platformio/packages folder.

Ideally, I would like to be able to keep the original location of the package that I specified and keep editing from that location.

[ivankravets]

Do you mean #1367 ?

[kylefleming]

Ah yes, I think that will do it. Thank you