pip: how to install a git pull request

Question

I want to install a git pull request with pip for testing in my local virtualenv. I want to install it directly from github, without creating a local git repository.

Answer 1

You can add the exact commit to the URL by appending the hash:

pip install git+https://github.com/other-repository/project.git@remote_branch_name

example:

pip install --user git+https://github.com/d1b/pip.git@fix_pip_build_directory

Or to a single commit. But this does not get updated, if the pull request (remote branch) gets updated:

pip install --user git+https://github.com/d1b/pip.git@d89b5803db2b520e754b9b26b771d22121738637