I’m working on a website project.
When I use setup.py and run setup.py build, the build script excludes all of the resources in my web site (basically all of the non python files). What am I doing wrong?
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I’m working on a website project.
When I use setup.py and run setup.py build, the build script excludes all of the resources in my web site (basically all of the non python files). What am I doing wrong?
The most reliable way I’ve found to include extra files in a distribution using distutils is to provide a MANIFEST.in file. Place this file in the same directory as your
setup.pyand include in it the list of resource files you require. For example, yourMANIFEST.infile might like this:See the distutils documentation for more details.
Though I prefer the MANIFEST.in method, if you are using setuptools or distribute, have a look at this answer for an alternative method of doing the same thing.