How to use a local build of Portman in a project?

[thim81]

Is there a way to use a version of Portman that is based on a branch or custom version?

[thim81]

Follow these steps, to replace the NPM version of Portman with a local build of Portman:

1. Download the desired Portman repo/branch
2. In your project, where the NPM version of Portman is used run: npm uninstall @apideck/portman
3. Next in your project run: npm link C:\Users\custombranch\source\repos\portman where C:\Users\custombranch\source\repos\portman is the local location of the custom portman repo lives (just point to the root folder of portman location)
4. Next run npm i, in your project folder
5. Next go the local folder of Portman and open the tsconfig.json and added a "watch": true in the compilerOptions
6. Run npm run build in the local Portman folder (this adds it in watch mode, so every change is instantly reflected