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Asked: 2026-06-12T13:05:46+00:00

In project I have used some 3rd party application. Now it looks it’s no

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In project I have used some 3rd party application. Now it looks it’s no more supported, so I have created a fork of this application on git for my needs.

How should I configure buildout so I will be able to make some changes in this application and then use it in my project? Formerly this application was in dependencies of setup.py. Right I am not sure how should I organize buildout and setuptools configuration.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you want to continue development on the Git package, I’d use mr.developer to manage the package. mr.developer will mark the egg as a developer egg, which means it’ll not be pulled from PyPI but used locally.

    Moreover, mr.developer will manage the working copy for you:

    [buildout]
extensions = mr.developer
auto-checkout = your.package.name

[sources]
your.package.name = git git@github.com:yourgitname/your.package.name.git

    Now, when running your buildout, mr.developer will automatically check out your.package.name from git into the src/ subdirectory, run it’s setup.py to make a development egg, and buildout will use that egg to satisfy dependencies on it.

    If you need a different sources directory, use the sources-dir option:

    [buildout]
# ...
sources-dir = ${buildout:directory}/some-other/directory
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