I'm creating a pip package and it's including .idea directories (which exist because I develop using IntelliJ PyCharm) and I don't want these to be packaged.
Therefore, I'm trying to exclude (recursively) these .idea directories by using a MANIFEST.in file. Here's what my file currently looks like:
prune */.idea
prune */__pycache__
global-exclude *.py[co]
Regardless of adding prune */.idea these directories still appear in the package. I've also tried recursive-exclude */.idea * with no luck.
It appears that possibly MANIFEST.in has an issue with hidden directories? The reason I believe this is because if I use prune */test this works successfully for any recursive test directory.
Using the following MANIFEST.in syntax works as expected:
prune **/.idea