[fix] Enable installing pre-releases over stable versions

Bug: T308916
Change-Id: Iba33dd39654b31579ea2e96031bf29cb2cb5852d
---
M make_dist.py
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/make_dist.py b/make_dist.py
index 574800c..dd67875 100644
--- a/make_dist.py
+++ b/make_dist.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 .. note:: Requires Python 3.6+
 .. versionadded:: 7.3
+.. versionchanged:: 7.4
+   installs pre-releases over stable versions
 """
 #
 # (C) Pywikibot team, 2022
@@ -114,7 +116,8 @@
 
     if local:
         subprocess.run('pip uninstall pywikibot -y')
-        subprocess.run('pip install --no-index --find-links=dist pywikibot')
+        subprocess.run(
+            'pip install --no-index --pre --find-links=dist pywikibot')
 
     if remote and input_yn(
             '<<lightblue>>Upload dist to pypi', automatic_quit=False):

