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Why are my non-python files not being packaged?

I'm new to packaging in Python. I've tried to specify my non-python files within setup.py's 'scripts' argument, and also specifying the file within MANIFEST.in, however after I package the file using python setup.py build sdist and install using pip, only the files with the .py extension make it to the site-packages/my_package directory.

Am I missing something?

Solution

  • 15 minutes later I find the answer. sdist only includes the *.py files. I just changed the command to use bdist_wheel and all the files I needed were included.