From 113643c9164b8f498766d4e8e6291d62629d4c77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej730 <azhilenkov@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:04:59 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] dev_environment.py: add --skip-binaries flag

---
 src/bonsai/scripts/dev_environment.py | 37 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bonsai/scripts/dev_environment.py b/src/bonsai/scripts/dev_environment.py
index 8fe8464705..a19416b3ab 100755
--- a/src/bonsai/scripts/dev_environment.py
+++ b/src/bonsai/scripts/dev_environment.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Example usage:
 
 """
 
+import argparse
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -27,6 +28,17 @@ if sys.platform not in available_platforms:
     print(f"Currently only available on {', '.join(available_platforms)}. Not available on {sys.platform}.")
     exit(1)
 
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+parser.add_argument(
+    "--skip-binaries",
+    action="store_true",
+    help=(
+        "Skip copying compiled dependencies (e.g. ifcopenshell_wrapper) to the repo. "
+        "Useful if you already have the latest binaries in the repo and don't want them to be overridden."
+    ),
+)
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
 # ---------------------------
 # SETTINGS.
 # ---------------------------
@@ -125,17 +137,20 @@ def main() -> None:
         path.unlink()
     subprocess.check_call(("git", "checkout", "--", symlinks_glob), cwd=REPO_PATH)
 
-    print("Copying compiled dependencies to the repo...")
-    dest = REPO_PATH / "src" / "ifcopenshell-python" / "ifcopenshell"
-    for path in PACKAGE_PATH.glob("ifcopenshell/*_wrapper*"):
-        if path.suffix.lower() == ".pyi":
-            continue
-        dest_ = dest / path.name
-        print(f"Copying {path} -> {dest_}")
-        try:
-            shutil.copy(path, dest_)
-        except shutil.SameFileError:
-            pass
+    if args.skip_binaries:
+        print("Skipping copying compiled dependencies to the repo...")
+    else:
+        print("Copying compiled dependencies to the repo...")
+        dest = REPO_PATH / "src" / "ifcopenshell-python" / "ifcopenshell"
+        for path in PACKAGE_PATH.glob("ifcopenshell/*_wrapper*"):
+            if path.suffix.lower() == ".pyi":
+                continue
+            dest_ = dest / path.name
+            print(f"Copying {path} -> {dest_}")
+            try:
+                shutil.copy(path, dest_)
+            except shutil.SameFileError:
+                pass
 
     print("Symlinking extension to the git repo...")
     # fmt: off