pip install a local git repository

Question

I can't find the correct way to install a local directory as a python package using pip.

(venv) C:\(...)>pip install . --no-index Ignoring indexes: http://pypi.python.org/simple/ Unpacking c:\users\fsantos\desktop\biskates.com\biskates\forks\django-pipeline   Running setup.py egg_info for package from file:///(...)%5Cforks%5Cdjango-pipeline  Installing collected packages: django-pipeline   Running setup.py install for django-pipeline  Successfully installed django-pipeline Cleaning up...  (venv) C:\(...)>cd .. (venv) C:\(...)>python Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 15:08:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import pipeline >>> pipeline.__file__ 'C:\\(...)site-packages\\pipeline\\__init__.py' >>> 

As you can see pip just copied over the package to site-packages. How can I avoid this, and use the package directly from its source folder?

I'm trying to integrate django-pipeline into my Django project, but I want to add support for Django 1.4 first, so I forked and cloned my fork.

Answer 1

I can also just use:

cd your-local-repo pip install -e . 

or

python setup.py install develop 

Answer 2

If you're working in a venv, you can do this:

env/bin/pip install git+file:///path/to/your/git/repo 

Or with a branch:

env/bin/pip install git+file:///path/to/your/git/repo@mybranch