Common Lisp Local Project Development with Quicklisp
Probably the cleanest way to do it:
(pushnew (truename "/projects/app/") ql:*local-project-directories* )
(ql:register-local-projects)
(ql:quickload :app)
From Use Quicklisp to load personal projects from arbitrary locations.
Alternatively, you can create a symlink in ~/quicklisp/local-projects/.
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