Recommend pip install -e

README.md

@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ pip install git+https://git.rwth-aachen.de/qutech/qutil.git
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 However, this package profits from everybody's work so please make a development install and contribute your changes. You can do this via
 ```
-git clone git+https://git.rwth-aachen.de/qutech/qutil.git
-cd qutil
-python setup.py develop
+pip install -e git+https://git.rwth-aachen.de/qutech/qutil.git#egg=qutil
 ```
-This will link the files into your environment instead of copying them. If you are on windows you can use [SourceTree](https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/) which is a nice GUI for git.
+This will download the source code (i.e. clone the git repository) into a subdirectory of the `./src` argument and link the files into your environment instead of copying them. If you are on windows you can use [SourceTree](https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/) which is a nice GUI for git.
+You can specify the source code directory with the `--src` argument (which needs to be BEFORE `-e`):
+```
+pip install --src some_directory/my_python_source -e git+https://git.rwth-aachen.de/qutech/qutil.git#egg=qutil
+```
+If you have already downloaded/cloned the package yourself you can use `python setup.py develop`.
 
 ## qutil.plotting
 `cycle_plots` helps you cycling through many plots with the arrow keys (there are probably much better functions for this out there)