How to write setup.py to include a git repo as a dependency

Question

I am trying to write setup.py for my package. My package needs to specify a dependency on another git repo.

This is what I have so far:

Answer 1

You can find the right way to do it here.

dependency_links=['http://github.com/user/repo/tarball/master#egg=package-1.0']

The key is not to give a link to a git repository, but a link to a tarball. Github creates a tarball of the master branch for you if you append /tarball/master as shown above.