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| author | Marco Weber <marco.weber@hotmail.de> | 2022-06-09 00:51:44 +0200 |
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| committer | Marco Weber <marco.weber@hotmail.de> | 2022-06-09 00:51:44 +0200 |
| commit | ec130dadb2f246e4b5e65669bd30221cfb4b3362 (patch) | |
| tree | 967db37e0a2c7111af8b30a7c1942bd935e47807 /docs/userguide/datafiles.rst | |
| parent | 6fb421140914bf4eac1e46f6da641370a909d1bf (diff) | |
| download | python-setuptools-git-ec130dadb2f246e4b5e65669bd30221cfb4b3362.tar.gz | |
Clarify glob pattern matching for dotfiles in User's Guide (#3350)
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diff --git a/docs/userguide/datafiles.rst b/docs/userguide/datafiles.rst index e706617c..3a2ffbdf 100644 --- a/docs/userguide/datafiles.rst +++ b/docs/userguide/datafiles.rst @@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ require to be added by a revision control system plugin. the path separator, even if you are on Windows. Setuptools automatically converts slashes to appropriate platform-specific separators at build time. +.. note:: + Glob patterns do not automatically match dotfiles (directory or file names + starting with a dot (``.``)). To include such files, you must explicitly start + the pattern with a dot, e.g. ``.*`` to match ``.gitignore``. + If you have multiple top-level packages and a common pattern of data files for all these packages, for example:: |