How can I exclude files in my .gitignore when packaging a Python egg?

django, egg, python

Solution

Don't use a MANIFEST.in but use `setuptools-git` instead; with that package all files included in your git repository will also be part of the egg, and any files listed in `.gitignore` will not be.

I have the package installed globally, in my python's site-packages, but it should be enough to list it in your `setup.py` in the `setup_requires` structure:

setup(...
    setup_requires=['setuptools-git'],
    ...
)

Problem

I'm packaging my first Django app and I want to leave out my settings_local.py file from the egg. Ideally I'm looking for a way to just have everything in my .gitignore file also excluded from the egg. I've tried the following variations in my MANIFEST.in file (one per egg creation attempt): ``` prune project_name settings_local.py prune project_name/settings_local.py exclude project_name settings_local.py exclude project_name/settings_local.py ``` I also tried adding the following line to my startup.py file (at the recommendation of a friend): ``` exclude_package_data= {'': 'settings_local.py'}, ``` Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

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