From 2f8680ac3d4866c31fff55d10fae6e8ddea9cc78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nose <nose@df.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 03:29:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] bootstrap: prompt to install in editable mode when run
 interactively inside git checkout (default yes)

---
 scripts/bootstrap.ps1 | 15 +++++++++++++++
 scripts/bootstrap.sh  | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.ps1 b/scripts/bootstrap.ps1
index e502024..cc29422 100644
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.ps1
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.ps1
@@ -144,6 +144,21 @@ if (-not (Test-Path $venvPython)) { Write-Log "Created venv but could not find p
 Write-Log "Using venv python: $venvPython"
 
 if (-not $NoInstall) {
+    # Suggest editable install for development checkouts (interactive git clones)
+    if (-not $Editable) {
+        $isGit = $false
+        try {
+            if (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.git')) { $isGit = $true }
+            elseif ((Get-Command git -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -ne $null) {
+                try { $gitOut = & git -C $repoRoot rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>$null; if ($gitOut -eq 'true') { $isGit = $true } } catch {}
+            }
+        } catch {}
+        if ($isGit -and -not $Quiet) {
+            $ans = Read-Host "It looks like this is a development checkout (git repo). Install project in editable mode for development? (Y/n)"
+            if ($ans -eq '' -or $ans -eq 'y' -or $ans -eq 'Y') { $Editable = $true; Write-Log "Selected editable install for development." "INFO" }
+        }
+    }
+
     Write-Log "Upgrading pip, setuptools, wheel"
     try { & $venvPython -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel } catch { Write-Log "pip upgrade failed: $_" "ERROR"; exit 5 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
index 4553a22..94e1444 100644
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
@@ -258,7 +258,18 @@ if [[ ! -x "$VENV_PY" ]]; then
   exit 3
 fi
 
-if [[ "$NOINSTALL" != "true" ]]; then
+if [[ "$NOINSTALL" != "true" ]]; then  # If not explicitly requested, suggest editable install for development checkouts
+  if [[ "$EDITABLE" != "true" ]]; then
+    if [[ -d "$REPO/.git" ]] || git -C "$REPO" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      if [[ "$QUIET" != "true" && -t 0 ]]; then
+        read -p "It looks like this is a development checkout (git repo). Install project in editable mode for development? (Y/n) " devans
+        if [[ -z "$devans" || "$devans" == "y" || "$devans" == "Y" ]]; then
+          EDITABLE=true
+          echo "Selected: editable install for development"
+        fi
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
   echo "Upgrading pip, setuptools, wheel..."
   "$VENV_PY" -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel