What is pip's equivalent of `npm install package --save-dev`?

Question

In nodejs, I can do npm install package --save-dev to save the installed package into the package.

How do I achieve the same thing in Python package manager

Answer 1

you can manually save it in a Makefile (or a text file and then imported in your Makefile):

PYTHON=.venv/bin/python # path to pyphon
PIP=.venv/bin/pip # path to pip
SOURCE_VENV=. .venv/bin/activate


install:
    virtualenv .venv
    $(SOURCE_VENV) && $(PIP) install -e PACKAGE
    $(SOURCE_VENV) && $(PIP) install -r requirements.txt # other required packages

and then just run make install