How to determine the name of an egg for a Python package on Github?

Question

I know I can install with

$ pip install -e git+https://git.repo/some_pkg#egg=SomePackage 

but -- when I'm trying to use somebody else's package -- how do I determine what the name of the egg is?

Answer 1

Look at the git repo, find the setup.py file in the root and find what is passed to the name keyword in the setup() function call.

For example, the Pyramid setup.py has:

setup(name='pyramid', 

so you'd use:

$ pip install -e git+https://github.com/Pylons/pyramid.git#egg=pyramid