docs: document alternative approach for local development

README.md

@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ Then go to [http://localhost:8601/](http://localhost:8601/) - the playground out
 
 ## Developing alongside other Scratch repositories
 
-### Getting another repo to point to this code
-
+### Getting another repo to point to this code (using `npm link`)
 
 If you wish to develop `scratch-gui` alongside other scratch repositories that depend on it, you may wish
 to have the other repositories use your local `scratch-gui` build instead of fetching the current production
@@ -82,6 +81,31 @@ If you can't get linking to work right, try:
   repositories, make sure to use the same node version in all of them.
 * If nothing else works, unlink the repositories by running `npm unlink` in both, and start over.
 
+##### Getting another repo to point to this code (using `npm pack`)
+
+If you struggle to get npm link working then this alternative approach might be for you.
+
+1. Make your code changes to the scratch-gui code.
+2. Rebuild the scratch-gui project:
+
+```
+BUILD_MODE=dist npm run build
+```
+
+3. Build the scratch-gui npm package locally (this will create a gzipped tarball e.g ScratchFoundation-scratch-gui-4.1.0-beta.1.tgz).
+
+```
+npm pack
+```
+
+4. npm install and rebuild your other project (using the gzipped tarball):
+
+```
+cd ../other-project
+npm install ../scratch-gui/RaspberryPiFoundation-scratch-gui-4.1.0-beta.1.tgz --force
+npm run build
+```
+
 ## Testing
 
 ### Documentation