Python setup can not be located in a sub-directory of a repository

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Python setup can not be located in a sub-directory of a repository

mklein0 opened this issue 10 years ago · comments

The versioneer script does not allow the creation of python modules which are sub-directories of a git repository.

ex:

repo/
   .git
   module1/
       setup.py
       versioneer.py
           module1/
          __init__.py
           stuff.py
    module2/
       setup.py
       versioneer.py
       module2/
           __init__.py
           morestuff.py

While this directory structure may not be a best practice, it can be a useful construct when building rapid prototypes.

Konstantin commented 8 years ago

+1

Holger Peters · Answer 1 · Mon Aug 11 2014 20:35:39 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I face the same issue as well, having a repository of version-synchronized packages. Consider a javascript and a python flask project developed in the same repository etc.

Would there be any problems related to removing the version checks? It seems that a git based version number could be used any time git describe gives a meaningful output. Does anyone see problems arising when removing the checks from from_vcs.py?

Paul Wistrand · Answer 2 · Thu Oct 30 2014 00:32:09 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Is this something that is being looked at? We have the same need.

Jeff McBride · Answer 3 · Sat Jan 10 2015 14:05:28 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I hit the same issue here. Would be a nice improvement.

Brian Warner · Answer 4 · Mon Jun 01 2015 07:25:36 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Now that 0.15 is out, we should look at fixing this. I'll take a look at #61 and see if I can adapt it to the (large) changes that have landed since then. Thanks!

Wolfgang Ulmer · Answer 5 · Thu Oct 01 2015 23:12:45 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Would be great if that went into the next release! I love versioneer and use it heavily in dozens of projects, but unfortunately there is one with a nested directory structure :-(

Brian Warner · Answer 6 · Fri Apr 15 2016 09:51:42 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Note that current pip-8.1.1 has a bug/issue that causes pip install . from a sub-directory-based setup.py to fail (it always gets a version of "0+unknown"). pip install -e . and pip wheel should work, though.

If you see other problems with subprojects like this, please open a new bug.. I wouldn't be surprised if there are other corner cases that are broken somehow. And if current master seems to work for you, please chime in here; it could definitely use more real-world testing than what I've been able to do locally.