How to install my own python module (package) via conda and watch its changes

Question

I have a file mysql.py, which I use in almost all of my projects. Since I do not want to copy and paste the same file into each of these projects I wrote a module - possibly a package in the future.

Question

How do I add a local module to my conda environment, and automatically update or watch it when I change something in mysql.py? How to do the same for a package?

I would like to avoid to set up a local channel/repository and just reference to the folder with mysql.py.

Answer 1

If you install the conda build package (and you have a package, not just a script), you can install in "editable" mode:

conda develop . 

(running from the directory with your script). This is very similar to the "editable" mode from pip

pip install -e . 

Either approach lets you uninstall packages with either

conda develop -u . 

or

pip uninstall . 

If you just have a script (not a package), you can edit or set the PYTHONPATH environment variable to include the directory with the script.