Include file from path

[keriksson-rosenqvist]

When defining the packages in a pyproject.toml file, you can specify a from path for where to fin the source files, this doesn't seem to work the same with the include and exclude lists though. Is there a way to achieve this?

I want to achieve a built package that includes only some of the files from a patch but located at the top level.

Example pyproject.toml file

[tool.poetry]
name = "my_package"
version = "1.0.0"
description = "Some package including files from paths"
authors = ["Me"]
packages = [{include = "my_package", from = "src"}]
license = "BSD-3-Clause"
exclude = [{path = "tests", from = "src/my_package"}]
include = [{path = "tests/user_tests", from = "src/my_package"}]

[tool.poetry.dependencies]
python = ">=3.8.1,<3.11"

[build-system]
requires = ["poetry-core"]
build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"

That would generate this package

my_package-1.0.0
├──  my_package
│  ├── ....
│  └── __init__.py
└──  tests
   └── user_tests
       ├── ....
       └── __init__.py

Excluding all other directories and files in the tests directory, and placing the included tests subset at the root level.

[dimbleby]

read the docs https://python-poetry.org/docs/pyproject#include-and-exclude

[keriksson-rosenqvist]

I take it you're saying, It is not possible/supported.

[dimbleby]

I am saying that the documentation tells you what is possible/supported.

[skynavga]

Is there someone who actually knows an answer to the above question? Namely, how to specify an inclusion is relative to a from qualifier? For example,

[tool.poetry]
...
include = [ { path = "resources", from = "src" } ]

[keriksson-rosenqvist]

This worked fine for me, after trying them all:

[tool.poetry]
...
packages = [
    { include = "my_lib", from = "libs/common" },
]

To clarify, the question is about doing this to non-packages includes/excludes.

[skynavga]

Exactly. Therefore, the original question has not been answered, namely, how to specify non-package relative inclusions/exclusions.

[radoering]

The answer is: "You can't" (until someone implements from and to for include / exclude, which should not be too difficult because there already is an implementation for packages)

[skynavga]

Thanks @radoering! That's what I expected, but just wanted the true word.

[keriksson-rosenqvist]

@skynavga Thank you for the post that lead to clear answer! 🙂. Though the comment I quoted has apparently been deleted after I read it. 😅
@radoering Thanks for the clear confirmation. 👍