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add note about tools.build:download_source=True and editable #3448

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Expand Up @@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ Will compute the dependency graph, then call the ``source()`` method for all "ho

Likewise, it is possible to retrieve the sources for packages in other ``create`` and ``install`` commands, just by passing the configuration. Finally, as also configuration can be defined per-package, using ``-c mypkg*:tools.build:download_source=True`` would only retrieve the sources of packages matching the ``mypkg*`` pattern.

Note that ``tools.build:download_source=True`` will not have any effect on packages in **editable** mode. Downloading sources in that case could easily overwrite and destroy local developer changes over that code. The ``conan source`` command must be used on packages in editable mode to download the sources.


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