Python / pip, how do I install a specific version of a git repository from github (what is the correct url)?

Question

I want to install Django 1.7 via pip. It is currently a development version, so not in pips repositories.

So I have installed packages from github before using:

pip install git+[url here]

Now looking at github, I get the clone url on the django page:

https://github.com/django/django.git

But this mentions nothing of the branch. How do I specify that I want version 1.7? Is it somewhere obvious on the github page?

possible duplicate of [pip install from github repo branch](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20101834/pip-install-from-github-repo-branch) — Martijn Pieters, May 07 '14 at 15:04
not really considering I was asking what the URL should be, and the other user seemed to know that. Though feel free to downvote the question in true overzealous moderator style. — wobbily_col, May 07 '14 at 15:06
And that post doesn't tell you anything about the format of the URL, does it not? — Martijn Pieters, May 07 '14 at 15:06
But that wasn't in the question was it, or I may have seen it. — wobbily_col, May 07 '14 at 15:07
And doesn't give any helpful advice about being able to use a branch / commit hash / tag name either. — wobbily_col, May 07 '14 at 15:18

ford · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-07T18:38:20.567

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Specify the branch, commit hash, or tag name after an @ at the end of the url:

pip install git+https://github.com/django/django.git@1.7b3

edited May 07 '14 at 18:38

answered May 07 '14 at 15:04

ford

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And if you want to put it in your requirements.txt: -e git+https://github.com/django/django.git@1.7c1#egg=Django – Arthur Alvim Jul 23 '14 at 15:01

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