Is there any significant difference between
pip install -e /path/to/mypackage
and the setuptools variant?
python /path/to/mypackage/setup.py develop
There is no big difference.
With pip install -e
for local projects, the "SomeProject.egg-info" directory is created relative to the project path. This is one advantage over just using setup.py develop, which creates the "egg-info" directly relative the current working directory. More: [docs](https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/reference/pip_install.html#editable-installs)
