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| author | Christopher Head <chead@chead.ca> | 2019-08-12 21:37:34 -0700 |
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| committer | Christopher Head <chead@chead.ca> | 2019-08-12 21:37:34 -0700 |
| commit | cd92d8a98f388b33fd7d5f24d096408408426b0c (patch) | |
| tree | 4efba1f6e18d9cad273f05b32ad2c96aef012e52 | |
| parent | af871897e6cd63e083f166559ea4fc65a330eac4 (diff) | |
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Document using asterisk in package_data section
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diff --git a/docs/setuptools.txt b/docs/setuptools.txt index 2e7fe3bd..3509a301 100644 --- a/docs/setuptools.txt +++ b/docs/setuptools.txt @@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ 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 @@ -2433,6 +2433,10 @@ 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 ================= |