pup clone support in the installer

README.md

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 Puppy helps you set up and manage your python projects.  It's the easiest way to get started with modern python on any platform, install packages in virtual environments, and contribute to external projects.
 
-<img src="https://github.com/liquidcarbon/puppy/assets/47034358/da604ebd-4ce3-4e5d-b88b-ef46de7367fc" width="270">
+<img alt="Puppy Logo" src="https://github.com/liquidcarbon/puppy/assets/47034358/da604ebd-4ce3-4e5d-b88b-ef46de7367fc" width="270">
 
 
 ## Get started
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 The `pup-py-fetch` API accepts query parameters that allow specifying the exact environment recipe you want to build:
   - `python`: [3.10](https://pup-py-fetch.hf.space?python=3.10) through [3.13](https://pup-py-fetch.hf.space?python=3.13)
   - `pixi`: [comma-separated list of pixi/Conda dependencies](https://pup-py-fetch.hf.space?pixi=jupyter,quarto)
-  - virtual environments: [all other query parameters with comma-separated package names](https://pup-py-fetch.hf.space?env1=duckdb,pandas&env2=cowsay)
+  - `clone`: [comma-separated list of GitHub repos to clone and install](https://pup-py-fetch.hf.space?clone=marimo-team/marimo) (only GitHub at this time)
+  - virtual environments: [all other query parameters with comma-separated package names](https://pup-py-fetch.hf.space?env1=duckdb,pandas&env2=cowsay), including:
+    - regular PyPI packages (no support for version pinning at this time)
+    - packages from GitHub repos using <username>/<reponame>
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > As of Dec 2024, many packages still do not support python 3.13; thus, the default version in puppy is 3.12.
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ curl -fsSL "https://pup-py-fetch.hf.space?pixi=marimo&env1=duckdb,pandas&env2=co
 iex (iwr "https://pup-py-fetch.hf.space?python=3.11&pixi=marimo&tables=duckdb,pandas,polars").Content
 ```
 
+
 ## How It Works
 
 Puppy is a transparent wrapper around [pixi](https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi/) and [uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv), two widely used Rust-based tools that belong together.
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 With marimo, you have more options: [Unified environment management for any computational notebooks](https://github.com/marimo-team/marimo/discussions/2994) - no more Jupyter kernels!
 
+
+## Where Pixi Shines 🎇
+
+UV is rightfully getting much love in the community, but Pixi is indispensable for:
+
+1. Conda channels support
+2. Setting up really complex build environments for multi-language projects.  For example, try pulling together what's done here in one API call (python, NodeJS, pnpm, cloned and synced repo): 
+\
+\
+<img alt="Pixi build with python, Node, pnpm, and cloned repos" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b372b1a5-c3d6-415c-acb2-cc65d1f90572" width="480">
+
+
 ## Multi-Puppy-Verse
 
 Can I have multiple puppies?  As many as you want!  Puppy is not just a package installer, but also a system to organize multiple python projects.

pup.py

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 The CLI for pup, a cute python project manager.
 """
 
-__version__ = "2.5.0"
+__version__ = "2.5.1"
 
 import collections
 import json