imports fail in subfolder

Question

I have a Python project, that uses some code from a Github repo. I added the repo using git submodule add. So now I have the following file-structure:

ProjectFolder\
    foo.py
    BarProject\ (the Github repo added with submodule)
        bar.py
        baz.py

In my main file foo.py I want to import the method bar from the file bar.py:

from BarProject.bar import bar

This fails, because the first line of bar.py is :

from baz import *

And Python throws an ImportError, because it cannot find the module baz.

Is there a way to import the file bar.py in a way, so that the relative imports don't get screwed up? I don't really want to modify bar.py or baz.py, because they are part of an external Github project.

@MathiasEttinger I don't really want to change the file `bar.py`, because it's part of an Github project that I don't own. — Jakube, Sep 17 '15 at 12:22
@MathiasEttinger Yeah, it works. Maybe I should make a pull request. It's definitely a clean way. — Jakube, Sep 17 '15 at 12:24
@MathiasEttinger One more question. Using `from .baz import *` I now can import the `BarProject.bar` without problems. But only executing `bar.py` fails now. — Jakube, Sep 17 '15 at 12:34
So the `BarProject` is supposed to be run on its own and you want to include it as a package? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16981921/relative-imports-in-python-3 — 301_Moved_Permanently, Sep 17 '15 at 12:47

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '15 at 12:20

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remember to add __init__.py to BarProject folder to indicate that folder is a package.

answered Sep 17 '15 at 12:20

Rich Tier

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