How to import python files in google colaboratory?

Question

I am trying to run my program on Google Colab; where my code make use of .py files written seprately.

In normal system I have all files inside one folder and it wor

Answer 1

Something I've used when I have multiple python scripts and want to automatically import through code is to set it up as a package and clone from the repo.

First set up the scripts in a repo with a setup.py and __init__.py files (obviously).

Then add this to the top of your notebook:

!rm -rf   # in case you need to refresh after pushing changes 
!git clone https://github.com//.git

Then install the package:

!pip install ./

Now conveniently import functions or whatever:

from . import