microsoft / microsoft/markitdown

cloned repo and pip install fails

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Hi, I cloned the repo and then I run the
pip install -e 'packages/markitdown[all]'

it fails with:

 Installing build dependencies ... done
  Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done
  Getting requirements to build editable ... done
  Installing backend dependencies ... done
  Preparing editable metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Preparing editable metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [29 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 195, in prepare_metadata_for_build_editable
          hook = backend.prepare_metadata_for_build_editable
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      AttributeError: module 'hatchling.build' has no attribute 'prepare_metadata_for_build_editable'

Thank you

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