When working on packages locally, here’s the recommended workflow:
- Clone your package from GitHub using
apm develop <package-name>
. This will clone the package’s repo to your local~/.atom/dev/packages/<package-name>
cd
into this directory- Start Atom in this directory using
atom -d .
Now you can work on the package, make changes, etc. Once you’re ready to reload, you can use View > Developer > Reload Window
to restart Atom with the changed package.
If you have your package sources locally on your machine, you can skip the first step (apm develop
) and simply create a symbolic link from your sources to ~/.atom/dev/packages/<package-name
.