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diff --git a/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst b/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst index 15d0baf..1666436 100644 --- a/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst +++ b/Doc/distutils/sourcedist.rst @@ -103,10 +103,20 @@ per line, regular files (or symlinks to them) only. If you do supply your own :file:`MANIFEST`, you must specify everything: the default set of files described above does not apply in this case. -.. versionadded:: 3.1 +.. versionchanged:: 3.1 + An existing generated :file:`MANIFEST` will be regenerated without + :command:`sdist` comparing its modification time to the one of + :file:`MANIFEST.in` or :file:`setup.py`. + +.. versionchanged:: 3.1.3 :file:`MANIFEST` files start with a comment indicating they are generated. Files without this comment are not overwritten or removed. +.. versionchanged:: 3.2.2 + :command:`sdist` will read a :file:`MANIFEST` file if no :file:`MANIFEST.in` + exists, like it used to do. + + The manifest template has one command per line, where each command specifies a set of files to include or exclude from the source distribution. For an example, again we turn to the Distutils' own manifest template:: @@ -185,8 +195,12 @@ Manifest-related options The normal course of operations for the :command:`sdist` command is as follows: -* if the manifest file, :file:`MANIFEST` doesn't exist, read :file:`MANIFEST.in` - and create the manifest +* if the manifest file (:file:`MANIFEST` by default) exists and the first line + does not have a comment indicating it is generated from :file:`MANIFEST.in`, + then it is used as is, unaltered + +* if the manifest file doesn't exist or has been previously automatically + generated, read :file:`MANIFEST.in` and create the manifest * if neither :file:`MANIFEST` nor :file:`MANIFEST.in` exist, create a manifest with just the default file set @@ -204,8 +218,3 @@ distribution:: python setup.py sdist --manifest-only :option:`-o` is a shortcut for :option:`--manifest-only`. - -.. versionchanged:: 3.1 - An existing generated :file:`MANIFEST` will be regenerated without - :command:`sdist` comparing its modification time to the one of - :file:`MANIFEST.in` or :file:`setup.py`. |