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?