Is it possible to include subdirectories using dist utils (setup.py) as part of package data?

Question

Basically my python package is setup like:

module
\\_examples
  \\_folder1
     \\_file1.py
     \\_file2.py
  \\_folder2
    \\_file1.py
    \\_file2.py
         


        

Answer 1

Following what David Wolever said, just to make it a little more clear. If you want to include everything under a sub-directory folder you have to explicitly specify each file in the MANIFEST.in,

recursive-include examples/ *.py *.png *.sh etc.....

It would be nice if the manifest.in would just understand examples/ and include everything but oh well.