#2134 Add option to include a Python package/module in the Pex Issue created by lordmauve The

-D DIR

option adds directory entries in

DIR

at the root of the Pex import namespace. This is awkward given a typical workspace layout like

.github/workflows/...
pyproject.toml
README.md
.venv/...
myapp/__init__.py

as giving

-D .

includes lots of junk that is also in the workspace (up to and including whole virtualenvs) and giving

-D myapp

does not create a

myapp

package in the Pex, it puts

__init__.py

into the root instead. A workspace layout with a

src/

directory works but it means that a plain

python

command cannot import

myapp

. I would propose adding an option (say

-P

) to include a single Python package or module in the PEX. With this option: •

-P myapp

would copy the

myapp

package into the PEX and make it importable as

myapp

•

-P myapp.py

would copy the

myapp.py

module into the PEX and make it importable as

myapp

pantsbuild/pex