[issue12388] cannot specify recursive extra_files in packaging setup.cfg

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[issue12388] cannot specify recursive extra_files in packaging setup.cfg

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[issue12388] cannot specify recursive extra_files in packaging setup.cfg

Éric Araujo added the comment: +1. We have a function in the util module to handle such extended globs (it’s used by the resources code), so this should not be hard. -- stage: -> needs patch ___ Python tracker

[issue12388] cannot specify recursive extra_files in packaging setup.cfg

New submission from Vinay Sajip : When given a section like [files] extra_files = somedir/** only the first-level contents of somedir and included in the tarball created when you run "pysetup3 run sdist". Ideally, the entire tree below somedir should be included. A real example is refere