How to use a modifed local version of a package?

Question

I installed the Mocha package like so:

julia> Pkg.add("Mocha")

Now I'd like to instead use a different Mocha package from a local clone of the repo where I've modified some of the files. What's the best way to go about this?

Answer 1

create a symbolic link within your ~/.julia/v0.[versionNumber]/ directory

For example:

Mocha_clone and Mocha_modified ln -s Mocha_modified Mocha