How to handle cloned packages that have no package.xml or CMake.txt file in ROS workspace.
Say I git cloned a repo into my src folder within my workspace. I am unable to catkin build it because it does not have a package.xml nor a CMake file. Essentially, I want to write a python script to import and use this cloned package, but it won't be recognized without building it. Is my only solution to create a package.xml and CMake file for the package and then build it? I am using Ubuntu Focal Fossa with a Noetic ROS distro.
Sorry for the comment noise. The comment got long enough that I changed it to an answer.