How to run Python code that has imports

This is a demo project I created for myself to understand how to import code in Python. The code is based on this stackoverflow answer.

The code runs the python script from foo/bar/baz.py file, which uses relative imports from parent directories.

Running the code

The code needs to be run as a package. Run the following the project's root directory:

git clone https://github.com/evgenyneu/python_imports.git
cd python_imports
python3 -m foo.bar.baz

If successful, the program will print:

Hello horsy!
Hello horsy 2!

Running just the Python script won't work

Note that it is not possible to run the code just by typing

python3 foo/bar/baz.py

because it uses imports.