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authorJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2019-10-27 18:40:08 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-10-27 18:40:08 -0400
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Merge pull request #1815 from Hawk777/document-package-data-asterisk
Document using asterisk in package_data section
-rw-r--r--docs/setuptools.txt6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/setuptools.txt b/docs/setuptools.txt
index 3c6243e2..344ea5bc 100644
--- a/docs/setuptools.txt
+++ b/docs/setuptools.txt
@@ -2317,7 +2317,7 @@ tests_require list-semi
include_package_data bool
packages find:, find_namespace:, list-comma
package_dir dict
-package_data section
+package_data section (1)
exclude_package_data section
namespace_packages list-comma
py_modules list-comma
@@ -2334,6 +2334,10 @@ data_files dict 40.6.0
**find_namespace directive** - The ``find_namespace:`` directive is supported since Python >=3.3.
+Notes:
+1. In the `package_data` section, a key named with a single asterisk (`*`)
+refers to all packages, in lieu of the empty string used in `setup.py`.
+
Configuration API
=================