Get mscl build to wheel working locally...

Author: harshil21

.gitignore

@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ wheels/
 # Exclude local .deb and .zip files from mscl:
 mscl_release_assets/*.zip
 mscl_release_assets/*.deb
+
+# VSCode:
+.vscode/
+
+# Exclude build downloaded mscl files:
+src/mscl/mscl.py
+src/mscl/_mscl.so

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#python-mscl
+# python-mscl
 
 Unofficial Python bindings for the [Microstrain Communication Library](https://www.microstrain.com/developers/microstrain-communication-library).
 

hatch_build.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Specifies a hatch build hook to create the wheel for mscl."""
 
 import platform
+import subprocess
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -65,12 +66,22 @@ def initialize(self, version, build_data):
         folder_name = f"mscl-{arch}-{py_version}-{mscl_ver}"
 
         # b) Use PyGithub to download the files from the folder:
-        self.app.display_info(f"Downloading files for {folder_name}...")
+        self.app.display_waiting(f"Downloading files for {folder_name}...")
 
         gh = GithubDownloader()
         gh.download_assets_from_folder(
             tag=mscl_ver,
             folder_name=f"mscl_release_assets/{folder_name}",
         )
 
-        self.display_info("Downloaded files successfully. Building the wheel...")
+        self.app.display_success("Downloaded files successfully.")
+        build_data["artifacts"] = ["_mscl.so", "mscl.py"]
+
+        # Show all files in the current directory:
+        # self.app.display_info(f"Files in {Path().cwd()}: {list(Path().cwd().iterdir())}")
+
+        # --- STEP 3: Copy the files ("_mscl.so" & "mscl.py") to the src/mscl/ directory: ---
+        # Move from root (i.e. cwd) to src/mscl
+        subprocess.run(["mv", "mscl.py", "src/mscl/"], check=True)  # noqa: S603, S607
+        subprocess.run(["mv", "_mscl.so", "src/mscl/"], check=True)  # noqa: S603, S607
+        self.app.display_success("Moved files to src/mscl/ successfully. Building wheel...")

src/mscl/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-def hello() -> str:
-    return "Hello from mscl!"
+from . import mscl
+
+# So user can do `import mscl` instead of `import mscl.mscl`
+__all__ = ["mscl"]