Fix non-editable install

[xylar]

Checklist

• Testing comment in the PR documents testing used to verify the changes

[xylar]

Testing

I ran:

$ pixi shell
$ pip install .
$ mpas_anlysis -h

and it worked as expected.

However, I haven't been able to reproduce the original problem:

ac.vanroekel@chrlogin2:/lcrc/group/e3sm/ac.vanroekel/add-regional-mht$ mpas_analysis -h Traceback (most recent call last): File "/lcrc/group/e3sm/ac.vanroekel/add-regional-mht/.pixi/envs/default/bin/mpas_analysis", line 10, in <module> sys.exit(main()) ~~~~^^ File "/lcrc/group/e3sm/ac.vanroekel/add-regional-mht/mpas_analysis/__main__.py", line 999, in main mpas_analysis_dir = get_editable_install_dir('mpas_analysis') File "/lcrc/group/e3sm/ac.vanroekel/add-regional-mht/mpas_analysis/__main__.py", line 946, in get_editable_install_dir contents = json.loads(direct_url) File "/lcrc/group/e3sm/ac.vanroekel/add-regional-mht/.pixi/envs/default/lib/python3.14/json/__init__.py", line 345, in loads raise TypeError(f'the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, ' f'not {s.__class__.__name__}') TypeError: the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, not NoneType

So I'm not 100% sure of the fix yet.

[vanroekel]

@xylar I just tested MPAS-Analysis/develop on pm-cpu and saw no errors, I tried fresh on chrysalis and see the error. Did you test on chrysalis? If so, I wonder if I have something in my bashrc causing issues.

[xylar]

Yes, I was working on Chrysalis for all my testing today and never saw the error. Do you see the error even with this branch on Chrysalis?

[vanroekel]

Sorry, that was just with develop. I'll test the branch now.

[vanroekel]

I still don't understand the different behavior for my testing (and across chrysalis to perlmutter). But, this fixes the issue I observe on chrysalis. Thanks @xylar

[xylar]

Glad to hear it, @vanroekel!