[PATCH] Don't copy hidden files/directories during `setup.py install`

[Martin Geisler]

James Abbatiello <abbeyj at gmail.com> writes:

> # HG changeset patch
> # User James Abbatiello <abbeyj at gmail.com>
> # Date 1247625725 14400
> # Node ID 393c74219fb1253a7b6ebf90fbe087d8662abd35
> # Parent  ead71bffb136594e2212e6ee0e43ce018f16206c
> Don't copy hidden files/directories during `setup.py install`
>
> This is useful if a copy of Mercurial is stored in a Subversion repository
> so that the .svn directories don't get copied.
>
> diff -r ead71bffb136 -r 393c74219fb1 setup.py
> --- a/setup.py	Tue Jul 14 22:38:12 2009 -0400
> +++ b/setup.py	Tue Jul 14 22:42:05 2009 -0400
> @@ -248,6 +248,8 @@
>  datafiles = []
>  for root in ('templates', 'i18n'):
>      for dir, dirs, files in os.walk(root):
> +        dirs[:] = [x for x in dirs if not x.startswith('.')]
> +        files = [x for x in files if not x.startswith('.')]

You assign dirs in-place with the [:], but overwrite files. Is this on
purpose?

-- 
Martin Geisler

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