Another distribution question (possibly Python 101): my directory structure for my repo looks like:

src
├── clients
│   ├── app
|       ├── BUILD
│       └── app
|           ├── BUILD
|           ├── __init__.py
│           └── app.py

The first

BUILD

contains the packaging target:

python_distribution(
    name="app_dist",
    dependencies=["src/clients/app/app"],
    ....

This successfully builds the distribution, but then when I import it, I have to

import <http://clients.app.app|clients.app.app>

- how do I set it so that the generated packages ignore the top-level directories? Ultimately, I want users to be able to

import app

.

This is controlled by the

source roots

: https://www.pantsbuild.org/docs/source-roots You likely want to include

src/clients/*

in your source roots in order to get

import app

to work.

src/clients/*

or

src/clients

?

with

src/clients

the import would be

import <http://app.app|app.app>

as the first

app

is not part of the root. If you have stuff in clients not to be a source root, you could list them explicitly, like ``"src/clients/app", "src/clients/other"` ..

Gotcha, thanks!

you’re welcome 🙂