title: Cloning a package from github and use in spyder
body: <p>I would like to create a copy of a package on github that I can edit and use in spyder. I currently use the anaconda package manager  for my python packages.</p>
  
  <p>Here are the steps that I have taken so far:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>fork repo</li>
  <li>clone repo onto my local directory</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>The package is called 'Nilearn'. I currently use anaconda and have installed nilearn via 'conda install nilearn'.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to be able to use my own copy of nilearn inside spyder alongside nilearn. I have tried renamine the repo to nilearn_copy, but this doesn't appear to work.</p>
  
  <p>If this is not possible or not the ideal solution, then please help suggest an alternative, I'm new to github and python.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks a lot,
  Joe</p>