What I am trying to do I am trying to build a python package. I want the build package to contain only the necessary files. I make the build with following command: python -m build What I have My package files structure looks more or less like this: project_root_directory ├── .gitignore ├── .github ├── pyproject.toml ├── README.rst ├── LICENSE └── mypkg ├── __init__.py └── file.py Packaging essentials from my pyproject.toml file: [build-system] requires = [ "setuptools >= 65.5.1", "setuptools-scm", "wheel" ] build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta" [tool.setuptools.package-data] "*" = [ "README.rst", "LICENSE" ] [tool.setuptools.packages.find] include = [ "mypkg.*" ] What is my current outcome The problem is that both .gitignore and .github are part of SOURCES.txt and therefore are in dist files (e.g. when I unpack mypkg-0.0.0.tar.gz it contains .github directory and .gitignore files). SOURCES.txt entries: .gitignore LICENSE README.rst pyproject.toml .github/dependabot.yml .github/pull_request_template.md .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/99_any.md .github/workflows/testing.yml mypkg.egg-info/PKG-INFO mypkg.egg-info/SOURCES.txt mypkg.egg-info/dependency_links.txt mypkg.egg-info/requires.txt mypkg.egg-info/top_level.txt mypkg/__init__.py mypkg/file.py What I want to achieve I want my SOURCES.txt to contain following entries after build command: LICENSE README.rst mypkg.egg-info/PKG-INFO mypkg.egg-info/SOURCES.txt mypkg.egg-info/dependency_links.txt mypkg.egg-info/requires.txt mypkg.egg-info/top_level.txt mypkg/__init__.py mypkg/file.py and have my dist files to be build accordingly. Continue reading...
