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Clarify VCS installation behavior. Resolve #2837.

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ryneeverett 2015-06-03 06:33:06 -04:00
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@ -260,7 +260,10 @@ the :ref:`--editable <install_--editable>` option) or not.
for global installs. The :ref:`--src <install_--src>` option can be used to
modify this location.
* For non-editable installs, the project is built locally in a temp dir and then
installed normally.
installed normally. Note that if a satisfactory version of the package is
already installed, the VCS source will not overwrite it without an `--upgrade`
flag. VCS requirements pin the package version (specified in the `setup.py`
file) of the target commit, not necessarily the commit itself.
The "project name" component of the url suffix "egg=<project name>-<version>"
is used by pip in its dependency logic to identify the project prior