Commit 4fc2a008 authored by Tarek Ziadé's avatar Tarek Ziadé

upgraded distutils docs w.r.t. the manifest regeneration

parent e127e243
...@@ -137,20 +137,12 @@ There are a couple of options that modify this behaviour. First, use the ...@@ -137,20 +137,12 @@ There are a couple of options that modify this behaviour. First, use the
:option:`--no-defaults` and :option:`--no-prune` to disable the standard :option:`--no-defaults` and :option:`--no-prune` to disable the standard
"include" and "exclude" sets. "include" and "exclude" sets.
Second, you might want to force the manifest to be regenerated---for example, if Second, you might just want to (re)generate the manifest, but not create a
you have added or removed files or directories that match an existing pattern in source distribution::
the manifest template, you should regenerate the manifest::
python setup.py sdist --force-manifest
Or, you might just want to (re)generate the manifest, but not create a source
distribution::
python setup.py sdist --manifest-only python setup.py sdist --manifest-only
:option:`--manifest-only` implies :option:`--force-manifest`. :option:`-o` is a :option:`-o` is a sortcut for :option:`--manifest-only`.
shortcut for :option:`--manifest-only`, and :option:`-f` for
:option:`--force-manifest`.
.. _manifest_template: .. _manifest_template:
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...@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class sdist(Command): ...@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class sdist(Command):
"just regenerate the manifest and then stop " "just regenerate the manifest and then stop "
"(implies --force-manifest)"), "(implies --force-manifest)"),
('force-manifest', 'f', ('force-manifest', 'f',
"forcibly regenerate the manifest and carry on as usual"), "forcibly regenerate the manifest and carry on as usual. "
"Deprecated: now the manifest is always regenerated."),
('formats=', None, ('formats=', None,
"formats for source distribution (comma-separated list)"), "formats for source distribution (comma-separated list)"),
('keep-temp', 'k', ('keep-temp', 'k',
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