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56 | 4.1 Specifying the files to distribute | |
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59 | <P> | |
60 | If you don't supply an explicit list of files (or instructions on how to | |
61 | generate one), the <code class="du-command">sdist</code> command puts a minimal default set | |
62 | into the source distribution: | |
63 | ||
64 | <UL> | |
65 | <LI>all Python source files implied by the <span class="du-option">py_modules</span> and | |
66 | <span class="du-option">packages</span> options | |
67 | </LI> | |
68 | <LI>all C source files mentioned in the <span class="du-option">ext_modules</span> or | |
69 | <span class="du-option">libraries</span> options (<b class="du-xxx">getting C library sources currently | |
70 | broken--no <tt class="method">get_source_files()</tt> method in <span class="file">build_clib.py</span>!</b>) | |
71 | </LI> | |
72 | <LI>scripts identified by the <span class="du-option">scripts</span> option | |
73 | </LI> | |
74 | <LI>anything that looks like a test script: <span class="file">test/test*.py</span> | |
75 | (currently, the Distutils don't do anything with test scripts except | |
76 | include them in source distributions, but in the future there will be | |
77 | a standard for testing Python module distributions) | |
78 | </LI> | |
79 | <LI><span class="file">README.txt</span> (or <span class="file">README</span>), <span class="file">setup.py</span> (or whatever | |
80 | you called your setup script), and <span class="file">setup.cfg</span> | |
81 | </LI> | |
82 | </UL> | |
83 | ||
84 | <P> | |
85 | Sometimes this is enough, but usually you will want to specify | |
86 | additional files to distribute. The typical way to do this is to write | |
87 | a <em>manifest template</em>, called <span class="file">MANIFEST.in</span> by default. The | |
88 | manifest template is just a list of instructions for how to generate | |
89 | your manifest file, <span class="file">MANIFEST</span>, which is the exact list of files to | |
90 | include in your source distribution. The <code class="du-command">sdist</code> command | |
91 | processes this template and generates a manifest based on its | |
92 | instructions and what it finds in the filesystem. | |
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94 | <P> | |
95 | If you prefer to roll your own manifest file, the format is simple: one | |
96 | filename per line, regular files (or symlinks to them) only. If you do | |
97 | supply your own <span class="file">MANIFEST</span>, you must specify everything: the | |
98 | default set of files described above does not apply in this case. | |
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101 | The manifest template has one command per line, where each command | |
102 | specifies a set of files to include or exclude from the source | |
103 | distribution. For an example, again we turn to the Distutils' own | |
104 | manifest template: | |
105 | ||
106 | <P> | |
107 | <div class="verbatim"><pre> | |
108 | include *.txt | |
109 | recursive-include examples *.txt *.py | |
110 | prune examples/sample?/build | |
111 | </pre></div> | |
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113 | <P> | |
114 | The meanings should be fairly clear: include all files in the | |
115 | distribution root matching <span class="file">*.txt</span>, all files anywhere under the | |
116 | <span class="file">examples</span> directory matching <span class="file">*.txt</span> or <span class="file">*.py</span>, and | |
117 | exclude all directories matching <span class="file">examples/sample?/build</span>. All of | |
118 | this is done <em>after</em> the standard include set, so you can exclude | |
119 | files from the standard set with explicit instructions in the manifest | |
120 | template. (Or, you can use the <b class="programopt">--no-defaults</b> option to | |
121 | disable the standard set entirely.) There are several other commands | |
122 | available in the manifest template mini-language; see | |
123 | section <A href="sdist-cmd.html#sdist-cmd">9.2</A>. | |
124 | ||
125 | <P> | |
126 | The order of commands in the manifest template matters: initially, we | |
127 | have the list of default files as described above, and each command in | |
128 | the template adds to or removes from that list of files. Once we have | |
129 | fully processed the manifest template, we remove files that should not | |
130 | be included in the source distribution: | |
131 | ||
132 | <UL> | |
133 | <LI>all files in the Distutils ``build'' tree (default <span class="file">build/</span>) | |
134 | </LI> | |
135 | <LI>all files in directories named <span class="file">RCS</span>, <span class="file">CVS</span> or <span class="file">.svn</span> | |
136 | </LI> | |
137 | </UL> | |
138 | Now we have our complete list of files, which is written to the manifest | |
139 | for future reference, and then used to build the source distribution | |
140 | archive(s). | |
141 | ||
142 | <P> | |
143 | You can disable the default set of included files with the | |
144 | <b class="programopt">--no-defaults</b> option, and you can disable the standard | |
145 | exclude set with <b class="programopt">--no-prune</b>. | |
146 | ||
147 | <P> | |
148 | Following the Distutils' own manifest template, let's trace how the | |
149 | <code class="du-command">sdist</code> command builds the list of files to include in the | |
150 | Distutils source distribution: | |
151 | ||
152 | <OL> | |
153 | <LI>include all Python source files in the <span class="file">distutils</span> and | |
154 | <span class="file">distutils/command</span> subdirectories (because packages | |
155 | corresponding to those two directories were mentioned in the | |
156 | <span class="du-option">packages</span> option in the setup script--see | |
157 | section <A href="setup-script.html#setup-script">2</A>) | |
158 | </LI> | |
159 | <LI>include <span class="file">README.txt</span>, <span class="file">setup.py</span>, and <span class="file">setup.cfg</span> | |
160 | (standard files) | |
161 | </LI> | |
162 | <LI>include <span class="file">test/test*.py</span> (standard files) | |
163 | </LI> | |
164 | <LI>include <span class="file">*.txt</span> in the distribution root (this will find | |
165 | <span class="file">README.txt</span> a second time, but such redundancies are weeded out | |
166 | later) | |
167 | </LI> | |
168 | <LI>include anything matching <span class="file">*.txt</span> or <span class="file">*.py</span> in the | |
169 | sub-tree under <span class="file">examples</span>, | |
170 | </LI> | |
171 | <LI>exclude all files in the sub-trees starting at directories | |
172 | matching <span class="file">examples/sample?/build</span>--this may exclude files | |
173 | included by the previous two steps, so it's important that the | |
174 | <code>prune</code> command in the manifest template comes after the | |
175 | <code>recursive-include</code> command | |
176 | </LI> | |
177 | <LI>exclude the entire <span class="file">build</span> tree, and any <span class="file">RCS</span>, | |
178 | <span class="file">CVS</span> and <span class="file">.svn</span> directories | |
179 | </LI> | |
180 | </OL> | |
181 | Just like in the setup script, file and directory names in the manifest | |
182 | template should always be slash-separated; the Distutils will take care | |
183 | of converting them to the standard representation on your platform. | |
184 | That way, the manifest template is portable across operating systems. | |
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