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Mattice Verhoeven
Mattice Verhoeven

Reputation: 143

How do I import a python package which is saved locally from a Git pull

Beginner here so I'm not even sure if this even close to best practise.

I've pulled a copy of a python package from Git, specifically https://github.com/slundberg/shap.git. The result is saved where all my other Python packages are, I've called it shap_mv. Question is, if I make some changes to shap_mv and want to test the overall result, how do I import it as a package into Python?

Currently importing shap_mv works but the package has no contents. There is a subfolder with init.py and when I try import that folder as a package it seems to be missing functions and fails on import.

If I'm grossly far away from best practise then how should I work on the package and test the results?

Thank you!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 757

Answers (3)

Mattice Verhoeven
Mattice Verhoeven

Reputation: 143

I solved this by putting an empty __init__.py. file in the shap_mv folder then running import shap_mv.shap as shap from python

This post helped: importing a module in nested packages

Upvotes: 0

phd
phd

Reputation: 94483

The best practice is to use virtualenv and pip:

pip install shap

or

pip install "git+https://github.com/slundberg/shap.git#egg=shap"

or

git clone https://github.com/slundberg/shap.git
pip install shap

Upvotes: 0

ElpieKay
ElpieKay

Reputation: 30868

Suppose the path of __init__.py is C:\\foo\\shap\\bar\\__init__.py and you want to import baz at C:\\foo\\shap\\bar\\baz.py.

import sys
sys.path.append('C:\\foo\\shap\\bar\\')
import baz

baz.somemethod()

Upvotes: 1

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