Why #egg=foo when pip-installing from git repo

python package pip
Lorin Hochstein picture Lorin Hochstein · Aug 6, 2012 · Viewed 28.5k times · Source

When I do a "pip install -e ..." to install from a git repo, I have to specify #egg=somename or pip complains. For example:

pip install -e git://github.com/hiidef/oauth2app.git#egg=oauth2app

What's the significance of this "egg" string?

Answer

Will Ayd picture Will Ayd · Aug 6, 2012

per pip install -h the "egg" string is the directory that gets checked out as part of the install

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