How to load locally built module

[dkaszews]

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I wanted to test some changes to the module, but cannot figure out how to load it. The readme only says that build artifacts are in bin/(Debug|Release)/PSReadLine, but Import-Module PSReadLine.psm1 does nothing, while Import-Module PSReadLine.psd1 causes error Assembly with same name already loaded. I gather that the problem is that I'm using PowerShell 7.3 which autoloads the PSReadLine it ships with and you cannot unload the assembly according to StackOverflow.

Please provide at least one of the following, in form of instructions in readme/contributor guide or a script:

1. Replace already loaded module with one built locally
2. Start new PowerShell instance which loads module built locally instead of the default one

[iSazonov]

You could start pwsh without PSRL with -NonInteractive.

[dkaszews]

Thanks, had to use combination of -NonInteractive -NoProfile to get it to work, probably because I have, Set-PSReadLineOption in my $PROFILE which forced load anyway. After that, I can load profile to get back my settings.

Should I add this hint to README.md? I think a Start-DevPowerShell.ps1 like in the main repo would make sense, something like pwsh -NonInteractive -NoProfile -c 'Import-Module ... && . $PROFILE' with some extra options would be great.

Is it possible to enable interactive mode back on, or should this be a non-issue not impacting PSReadLine?

[springcomp]

@dkaszews You may be interested in this discussion.