I read through the developer instructions (http://matplotlib.org/devel/index.html) and am still unsure as to the best workflow for matplotlib development. Specifically, I want to work on code that's under git control, but have the changes applied immediately (e.g., with %autoreload magic) if possible.

After these steps (from http://matplotlib.org/devel/gitwash/set_up_fork.html):

git clone [email protected]:your-user-name/matplotlib.git
cd matplotlib
git remote add upstream git://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git

I would have loved to add matplotlib to the python path (i.e., "matplotlib/lib/matplotlib"). However, doing so doesn't work (probably because of stuff missing that's added during the build).

---> 39 from matplotlib._path import (affine_transform, count_bboxes_overlapping_bbox,
     40     update_path_extents)
     41 from numpy.linalg import inv

ImportError: No module named _path

Any help for setting up for development will be appreciated!