Is there any significant difference between
pip install -e /path/to/mypackage
and the setuptools variant?
python /path/to/mypackage/setup.py develop
Try to avoid calling setup.py directly, it will not properly tell pip that you've installed your package.
setup.py
With pip install -e:
pip install -e
For local projects, the “SomeProject.egg-info” directory is created relative to the project path. This is one advantage over just using setup.py develop, which creates the “egg-info” directly relative the current working directory.
setup.py develop
More: docs
Also read the setuptools' docs.
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