montage-cli 0.1.0

Python launcher package for the Montage CLI

montage-cli (Python)

Python distribution channel for the montage command.

This package is a launcher. It delegates execution to a Montage CLI binary so the command behavior stays identical across npm, pip/pipx, and conda installs.

Install (planned release channel)

pipx install montage-cli
# or
pip install montage-cli

Development usage in this repository

Until signed binaries are wired into release CI, local development can point to the Node CLI build:

cd montage-app
npm run build:cli
MONTAGE_CLI_NODE_ENTRY="$PWD/packages/cli/dist/cli.js" python3 -m montage_cli --help

Or point directly to a binary:

MONTAGE_CLI_BIN=/absolute/path/to/montage python3 -m montage_cli status

Runtime resolution order

1. MONTAGE_CLI_BIN (explicit binary override)
2. Bundled platform binary inside this package (montage_cli/bin/<platform-arch>/)
3. MONTAGE_CLI_NODE_ENTRY fallback for local development

If none are available, the launcher exits with a clear setup message.

Current platform note

windows-arm64 is intentionally excluded until release binaries are published for that target.

Building a release wheel with bundled binaries

Release CI should:

1. Build SEA artifacts per supported target.
2. Download them into an artifacts/ directory with target subdirectories.
3. Run:

cd packages/python-cli
python3 -m pip install --upgrade build
./scripts/build_wheel_with_binaries.sh ../artifacts