Added option

Author: Crivella

easybuild/main.py

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 from easybuild.framework.easyconfig.tools import det_easyconfig_paths, dump_env_script, get_paths_for
 from easybuild.framework.easyconfig.tools import parse_easyconfigs, review_pr, run_contrib_checks, skip_available
 from easybuild.framework.easyconfig.tweak import obtain_ec_for, tweak
-from easybuild.tools.config import find_last_log, get_repository, get_repositorypath, build_option
+from easybuild.tools.config import find_last_log, get_repository, get_repositorypath, build_option, update_build_option
 from easybuild.tools.containers.common import containerize
 from easybuild.tools.docs import list_software
 from easybuild.tools.environment import restore_env
@@ -694,6 +694,16 @@ def main(args=None, logfile=None, do_build=None, testing=False, modtool=None, pr
         index = load_index(options.create_index)
         print_msg("Index created at %s (%d files)" % (index_fp, len(index)), prefix=False)
 
+    if options.developer:
+        pth = build_option('developer')
+        if not os.path.exists(pth):
+            raise EasyBuildError("Developer mode path %s does not exist" % pth)
+        
+        pth = os.path.abspath(pth)
+        options.developer = pth
+        update_build_option('developer', pth)
+        print_msg("Developer mode running from %s" % build_option('developer'), log=_log)
+
     # non-verbose cleanup after handling GitHub integration stuff or printing terse info
     early_stop_options = [
         options.add_pr_labels,

easybuild/tools/config.py

@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ def mk_full_default_path(name, prefix=DEFAULT_PREFIX):
         'cuda_cache_dir',
         'cuda_cache_maxsize',
         'cuda_compute_capabilities',
+        'developer',
         'dump_test_report',
         'easyblock',
         'envvars_user_modules',

easybuild/tools/options.py

@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ def basic_options(self):
         descr = ("Basic options", "Basic runtime options for EasyBuild.")
 
         opts = OrderedDict({
+            'developer': ("This is a test option", None, 'store_or_None', '.'),
             'dry-run': ("Print build overview incl. dependencies (full paths)", None, 'store_true', False),
             'dry-run-short': ("Print build overview incl. dependencies (short paths)", None, 'store_true', False, 'D'),
             'extended-dry-run': ("Print build environment and (expected) build procedure that will be performed",