[Python] pip install from Git repository fails with "does not appear to be a Python project"...

pip install Fails with "does not appear to be a Python project" When Installing from Git Repository with Subdirectory


I'm attempting to install a Python package from a specific branch of a Git repository using the following command:

pip install git+ssh://git@bitbucket.org/project/repository.git@branch-name#egg=package-name&subdirectory=subdirectory


But I am encountering this error:

ERROR: package-name from git+ssh://git@bitbucket.org/project/repository.git@branch-name#egg=package-name does not appear to be a Python project: neither 'setup.py' nor 'pyproject.toml' found.


What I have tried:

Checked for pyproject.toml: The subdirectory contains the necessary Python files, and pyproject.toml is located in the root directory. To verify, I ran:

cd package_directory && pip install -e .


This worked successfully.

Question: How can I correctly install this Python package from the Git repository when pip is not recognizing the pyproject.toml file?

Here's my pyproject.toml file (I'm using UV as the project manager):

[project]
name = "name"
version = "1.0.0"
description = "description"
authors = [{ name = "name", email = "email@gmail.com" }]
requires-python = ">3.9,<4.0"
dependencies = [
"pydantic>=2.9.2,<3",
"boto3>=1.35.54,<2",
"structlog>=24.4.0,<25",
"pymongo>=4.10.1,<5",
"opentelemetry-sdk>=1.28.2,<2",
"httpx>=0.27.0,<0.28",
]

[dependency-groups]
dev = [
"mypy>=1.14.1",
"pre-commit>=4.0.1",
"pytest>=8.3.4",
"respx>=0.22.0",
"ruff>=0.9.2",
]

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