Is there a good way with python code in pants v2 to get a pa

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Is there a good way with python code in pants v2 to get a path to the location of a dependency on disk In our pre pants code we have some stuff like ```STATICFILES DIRS += pylint disable=undefined variable os path join os environ VIRTUAL ENV lib python3 6 site packages django contrib admin static ``` that I need to port to pants

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

where VIRTUAL ENV is set to the location where we create our virtualenv

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

Pants 2 9 adds an `export` goal that will write a virtualenv ``` pants export 17 37 06 81 INFO Completed Building requirements pex 17 37 07 04 INFO Completed Create virtualenv Wrote virtualenv for CPython==3 9 to dist export python virtualenv``` Are you looking for something like that

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

I would like to avoid that if possible

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

i think the virtual env might be a red herring here

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

i just want to be able to find the path to the location on disk of a dependency

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

I believe that would look something like this ``` ~ cache pants named caches pex root installed wheels ff59bd9da4c781186fecb96e9717c458a98db032 types PyYAML 5 4 3 py2 py3 none any whl yaml stubs METADATA toml cyaml pyi events pyi reader pyi serializer pyi init pyi dumper pyi loader pyi representer pyi tokens pyi composer pyi emitter pyi nodes pyi resolver pyi constructor pyi error pyi parser pyi scanner pyi```

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

this is to support collectstatic in django btw

hundreds-father-404 · Answer

can you share more about how you re using collectstatic please

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

so basically we have python dependencies which come bundled with static assets js + css which need to get collected and bundled with the rest of our static assets

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

in your django settings you can add a list of paths to `STATICFILES DIRS` which will be searched by the `collectstatic` command

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

right now with our virtualenv set up the paths are predictable

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

maybe the inpsect module is what I want <https docs python org 3 library inspect html>

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

SO to the rescue <https stackoverflow com questions 247770 how to retrieve a modules path>

ambitious-actor-36781 · Answer

```import django Path django file parent contrib admin static ```

ambitious-actor-36781 · Answer

But doesn t Django do the STATICFILES DIRS automatically when you add `django contrib admin` to your INSTALLED APPS

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

cc < clean city 64472> who knows more about Pants+Django than anyone

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

good question < ambitious actor 36781>

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

Echoing < ambitious actor 36781> I m surprised that you need the `STATICFILES DIRS` hack pre Pants

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

In the Pants world how would you want to run collectstatic For example ` pants run path to manage py collectstatic`

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

Is that what you had in mind Or

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

I think that should work for your first party code s static files since the CWD for ` pants run` is the repo root And for 3rdparty stuff I think Django does some magic based on relative paths from the app s code I d need to refresh my memory

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

Yeah memory refreshed I m not sure why you have that STATICFILES DIRS hack I would have expected all the standard built in Django apps including `django contrib admin` to have their static files under the `static` directory in the app

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

Which is collected by default

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

yeah maybe I can just remove this could be really old code

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

found answer to why we need to do this in a comment ``` We don t include AppDirectoriesFinder because we rely on gulp to collect all files ```

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

I don t know what gulp is brb doing some reading

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

something js related

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

I m not sure I fully understand the process but I just noting that we have a reason to updated STATICFILES DIRS

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

Hmm the snippet you posted relates specifically to the staticfiles for the standard Django admin app and I wouldn t have thought gulp was relevant to that

clean-city-64472 · Answer

I think gulp js was used 5 10 years ago to basically just bundle a whole bunch of js and css in a single file

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

yup

loud-laptop-17949 · Answer

and still used in some places