with the python_distribution, is there a way to get

files

to be included not just

resources

? we kinda abuse MANIFEST.in to put in files into the distribution, and I’m trying to replicate it.

Youre not alone in finding files/resources distinction is a bit finicky. For things intended for packaging, can you use

resources

instead of

files

?

Most of the time that switch will work, but here the the path being included is outside the source root, and when i use resources, it gets confused and says the source root cannot be found. structure

edge/ <-- monorepo root
   iai_coral_api/migration/ <- problematic folder to include into dist
   iai_coral_api/src/iai_coral_api/... <-- most of the code
   setup.py <-- not used by pants

-- pants.toml
source_roots=[
 'iai_coral_api/src'
]

so using a

resources

at

migration/

will have py files that import iai_coral_api but that should work, since the source root for that is already set?

Ah okay. Where would you expect that folder to end up in the dist? Could you move the folder to be under the src folder?

Yea I mean I can rearrange things, but I then have to double check references to make sure i didn’t break anything. It seems i can omit this stuff for now apparently, so for now I think I’m ok.