Run console scripts whose name doesn't match package name

For eg:

$ pipx run textflip            
'textflip' executable script not found in package 'textflip'. Available
executable scripts: flip

So it does know about the script named flip, but I can’t seem to figure out how to make it run that.

I’ve tried doing:

• pipx run textflip.flip
• pipx run textflip --spec flip
• pipx run textflip flip etc.

None of these seem to work, and I can’t seem to find the relevant documentation.

[uranusjr]

Maybe some extra metadata could be added into pyproject.toml to tell it what the default runnable module is inside this package.

There’s already a mechanism for that introduced in #615. For a package named foobar, the package author can define a pipx.run entry point named foobar (same name as the package) and pipx will pick it up as the default command. Then you’re free to name your console_scripts whatever you want.

I could take it up if you want!

Go ahead!

[cs01]

I just did a quick search from my phone, but didn’t see it in the docs — is pipx.run captured in our documentation anywhere? We should add a section dedicated to adding pipx support for one’s package and add that to it.