title: Pip install forked github-repo
body: <p>I'm working on a project and need a little different functionality from the package sklearn. I've forked the repo and pushed my changes. I know that I can install from github via pip:</p>
  
  <pre><code>pip install git+git://github.com/wdonahoe/scikit-learn-fork.git@master
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and then I can install the package with setup.py:</p>
  
  <pre><code>python setup.py install
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, I am confused about what to do after this step. Running setup.py creates some .egg-info folders and .egg-links files in .../dist-packages/, but I am unsure what to do with them. Ideally, I'd like to go into my project in .../projects/my_project and say something like</p>
  
  <pre><code>from sklearn-my-version import &lt;stuff&gt; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>or switch it out with just</p>
  
  <pre><code>from sklearn import &lt;stuff&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am also a little confused because a lot of resources on this issue mention using easy_install, which I thought pip replaced. </p>