Access a Python Package from local git repository

I have a local git repository on my machine, let's say under /develop/myPackage.
I'm currently developing it as a python package (a Django app) and I would like to access it from my local virtualenv. I've tried to include its path in my PYTHONPATH (I'm on a Mac)

export PATH="$PATH:/develop/myPackage"

The directory already contains a __init__.py within its root and within each subdirectory. No matter what I do but I can't get it work, python won't see my package.

The alternatives are:

• Push my local change to github and install the package within my virtualenv from there with pip
• Activate my virtualenv and install the package manually with python setup.py install

Since I often need to make changes to my code the last two solution would require too much work all the time even for a small change.

Am I doing something wrong? Would you suggest a better solution?

Install it in editable mode from your local path:

pip install -e /develop/MyPackage

This actually symlinks the package within your virtualenv so you can keep on devving and testing.