Configuring so that pip install can work from github

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ccgillett picture ccgillett · Nov 23, 2011 · Viewed 155.9k times · Source

We'd like to use pip with github to install private packages to our production servers. This question concerns what needs to be in the github repo in order for the install to be successful.

Assuming the following command line (which authenticates just fine and tries to install):

pip install git+ssh://[email protected]/BlahCo/search/tree/prod_release_branch/ProductName

What needs to reside in the ProductName? Is it the contents of what would normally be in the tar file after running setup.py with the sdist option, or is the actual tar.gz file, or something else?

I'm asking here because I've tried several variations and can't make it work. Any help appreciated.

Answer

Hugo Tavares picture Hugo Tavares · Nov 24, 2011

You need the whole python package, with a setup.py file in it.

A package named foo would be:

foo # the installable package
├── foo
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── bar.py
└── setup.py

And install from github like:

$ pip install git+ssh://[email protected]/myuser/foo.git
or
$ pip install git+https://github.com/myuser/foo.git@v123
or
$ pip install git+https://github.com/myuser/foo.git@newbranch

More info at https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/#vcs-support

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