How to get datasmith plugins into the github build of the engine?

You may want to try first installing Datasmith into a marketplace build of the engine, then copy the plugin files to your source build folder. The default installation for the marketplace build is here: “UE_4.19\Engine\Plugins\Enterprise”.

Copy those files to the Engine/Plugins/ folder for your source build, generate project files, build in VS, then test to make sure the plugin is visible in-engine.