[Distutils] include special filetypes and subdirectories

[P.J. Eby]

At 02:11 AM 2/19/2010 +0100, Assem Chelli wrote:
>i have eclipse with cvs and pydev plugin's  ,how can i do it,or its
>automatically

If your files are under CVS control (in which case you will have a 
bunch of directories named "CVS" in your project), then all you need 
is to add the include_package_data=True in your setup().


>2010/2/19, P.J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com>:
> > At 01:34 AM 2/19/2010 +0100, Assem Chelli wrote:
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>how to change setup.py to include special filetypes and subdirectories
> >>recursively in python eggs
> >
> >
> > Option 1: Put them under revision control using CVS, Subversion, or
> > any revision control system that has a setuptools plugin (in which
> > case, you'll need the plugin installed in your development
> > environment).  Then, add 'include_package_data=True' in your setup() call.
> >
> > Option 2: Use the package_data setup() argument (see the distutils
> > docs), and explicitly list the files and directories to
> > include.  This is not recursive, but will also work with plain distutils.
> >
> > Option 3: Use a MANIFEST.in file (see the distutils docs) and specify
> > the directories to include, and also place
> > 'include_package_data=True' in your setup() call.
> >
> > Of these, option 1 is generally the "best" option since it doesn't
> > require you to maintain information in two or more places; the files
> > are included as a side effect of your ordinary development practices,
> > as long as you're using a revision control system.
> >
> >