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@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ pip install -e ./pychromecast
 hass --skip-pip
 ```
 
+It is also possible to use a public git repository to install a requirement.  This can be useful, for example, to test changes to a requirement dependency before it's been published to PyPI. The following example will install the `except_connect` branch of the `pycoolmaster` library directly from GitHub unless version `0.2.2` is currently installed:
+
+```json
+{
+  "requirements": ["git+https://github.com/issacg/pycoolmaster.git@except_connect#pycoolmaster==0.2.2"]
+}
+
 ## Zeroconf
 
 If your integration supports discovery via [Zeroconf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-configuration_networking), you can add the type to your manifest. If the user has the `zeroconf` integration loaded, it will load the `zeroconf` step of your integration's config flow when it is discovered.