[WHL] Support whl building for different python versions via tox (#83)

* bump version into v0.1.0

* [Enhancement] Add custom develop command for editable installs and update .gitignore

* [Documentation] Update README to include system dependencies installation instructions

* [Build] Update setup.py to support library file copying for both release and develop modes

* [Build] Refactor library file copying logic in setup.py

* [Documentation] Remove unnecessary install section header in Installation.md

* [Build] Add tox configuration and local distribution script for multi-Python version support

* [Build] Improve git submodule update function with better error handling

maint/scripts/local_distribution_tox.sh

+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+multi_python_version=("3.8","3.9","3.10" "3.11", "3.12")
+for python_version in "${multi_python_version[@]}"; do
+    echo "Installing Python ${python_version}..."
+    apt-get install -y python${python_version}
+done
+
+pip install -r requirements-build.txt
+
+# if dist and build directories exist, remove them
+if [ -d dist ]; then
+    rm -r dist
+fi
+
+# Build source distribution (disabled for now)
+# python setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip
+
+# Build wheels for different Python versions
+echo "Building wheels for multiple Python versions..."
+tox -e py38,py39,py310,py311,py312
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: Failed to build the wheels."
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "Wheels built successfully."
+fi
\ No newline at end of file

requirements-build.txt

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ packaging
 setuptools>=61
 torch
 wheel
+tox

setup.py

@@ -160,7 +160,21 @@ EXTRACT_PATH = "3rdparty"  # Default extraction path
 
 
 def update_submodules():
-    """Updates git submodules."""
+    """Updates git submodules if in a git repository."""
+
+    def is_git_repo():
+        try:
+            # Check if current directory is a git repository
+            subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree"],
+                                    stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+            return True
+        except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, FileNotFoundError):
+            return False
+
+    if not is_git_repo():
+        print("Info: Not a git repository, skipping submodule update.")
+        return
+
     try:
         subprocess.check_call(["git", "submodule", "update", "--init", "--recursive"])
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as error:

tox.ini

+[tox]
+envlist = py38,py39,py310,py311,py312
+isolated_build = True
+
+[testenv]
+deps =
+    wheel
+    build
+commands =
+    python -m build --wheel -o {toxinidir}/dist
+
+[testenv:py38]
+basepython = python3.8
+
+[testenv:py39]
+basepython = python3.9
+
+[testenv:py310]
+basepython = python3.10
+
+[testenv:py311]
+basepython = python3.11
+
+[testenv:py312]
+basepython = python3.12