PDM distribution = false + tool.pdm.scripts of type call

[jakeswenson]

I’m developing an application and want to use tool.pdm.scripts to call some of my app’s functions. Since this is an app and not a library, I’ve set:

[tool.pdm]
distribution = false

Given this setup, is it possible to have call scripts that reference modules in my code?

[tool.pdm.scripts]
extract.call = "foo.extract:main()"

When I run pdm run extract, I receive an error stating it can’t import foo.extract.

However, if I change distribution to true and then run pdm install --dev, everything works as expected. It seems my modules aren’t importable unless they’re installed into the virtual environment.

Is there a way to make this work without setting distribution = true? Should I consider opening an issue for this?