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azdev setup does not allow specific path to hold my extension within my repo

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
azure, python
Domain
cli, tooling

Research direction

Start by tracing the azdev setup command with the shown --cli and --repo paths, then follow how azdev extension add <name> chooses the src/<name> destination. Done means a repository subfolder such as AzureTRE/cli is accepted and extension scaffolding is created in the requested folder.

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Description

After cloning the azure-cli and azure-cli-extensions, I want to develop and place my extension in my existing repo, within a specific folder.

If I run azdev setup --cli /home/joalmeid/tre-cli/azure-cli --repo /home/joalmeid/tre-cli/AzureTRE/cli I'll get an error stating that the repos is invalid.

If I run azdev setup --cli /home/joalmeid/tre-cli/azure-cli --repo /home/joalmeid/tre-cli/AzureTRE which is the repo root, I will be successful, and when afterwards If I run azdev extension add <name> I'll scaffold the extension code in src/<name> which is not my desired behavior.

Dominant language
Python
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Forks
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Merged PRs (30d)
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