I have a few C++ extensions for a python library. Previously, this library was shipped using setup.py and one could recompile via python setup.py build_ext --inplace if only the C++ files changed. Since I had to change the build system to manage more complex dependencies, I switched over to pyproject.toml + scicit-build-core + CMake. Unfortunately I cannot find any way of how to recompile the changed files in this new setup. At the moment I have to always call pip install . which goes through the whole python dependency management and compiles everything. TLDR: What is the equivalent of make in this setup? Continue reading...
