initial import of the packaging package in the standard library
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+"""Create a source distribution."""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import re
+from io import StringIO
+from glob import glob
+from shutil import get_archive_formats, rmtree
+
+from packaging import logger
+from packaging.util import resolve_name
+from packaging.errors import (PackagingPlatformError, PackagingOptionError,
+                              PackagingModuleError, PackagingFileError)
+from packaging.command import get_command_names
+from packaging.command.cmd import Command
+from packaging.manifest import Manifest
+
+
+def show_formats():
+    """Print all possible values for the 'formats' option (used by
+    the "--help-formats" command-line option).
+    """
+    from packaging.fancy_getopt import FancyGetopt
+    formats = sorted(('formats=' + name, None, desc)
+                     for name, desc in get_archive_formats())
+    FancyGetopt(formats).print_help(
+        "List of available source distribution formats:")
+
+# a \ followed by some spaces + EOL
+_COLLAPSE_PATTERN = re.compile('\\\w\n', re.M)
+_COMMENTED_LINE = re.compile('^#.*\n$|^\w*\n$', re.M)
+
+
+class sdist(Command):
+
+    description = "create a source distribution (tarball, zip file, etc.)"
+
+    user_options = [
+        ('manifest=', 'm',
+         "name of manifest file [default: MANIFEST]"),
+        ('use-defaults', None,
+         "include the default file set in the manifest "
+         "[default; disable with --no-defaults]"),
+        ('no-defaults', None,
+         "don't include the default file set"),
+        ('prune', None,
+         "specifically exclude files/directories that should not be "
+         "distributed (build tree, RCS/CVS dirs, etc.) "
+         "[default; disable with --no-prune]"),
+        ('no-prune', None,
+         "don't automatically exclude anything"),
+        ('manifest-only', 'o',
+         "just regenerate the manifest and then stop "),
+        ('formats=', None,
+         "formats for source distribution (comma-separated list)"),
+        ('keep-temp', 'k',
+         "keep the distribution tree around after creating " +
+         "archive file(s)"),
+        ('dist-dir=', 'd',
+         "directory to put the source distribution archive(s) in "
+         "[default: dist]"),
+        ('check-metadata', None,
+         "Ensure that all required elements of metadata "
+         "are supplied. Warn if any missing. [default]"),
+        ('owner=', 'u',
+         "Owner name used when creating a tar file [default: current user]"),
+        ('group=', 'g',
+         "Group name used when creating a tar file [default: current group]"),
+        ('manifest-builders=', None,
+         "manifest builders (comma-separated list)"),
+        ]
+
+    boolean_options = ['use-defaults', 'prune',
+                       'manifest-only', 'keep-temp', 'check-metadata']
+
+    help_options = [
+        ('help-formats', None,
+         "list available distribution formats", show_formats),
+        ]
+
+    negative_opt = {'no-defaults': 'use-defaults',
+                    'no-prune': 'prune'}
+
+    default_format = {'posix': 'gztar',
+                      'nt': 'zip'}
+
+    def initialize_options(self):
+        self.manifest = None
+        # 'use_defaults': if true, we will include the default file set
+        # in the manifest
+        self.use_defaults = True
+        self.prune = True
+        self.manifest_only = False
+        self.formats = None
+        self.keep_temp = False
+        self.dist_dir = None
+
+        self.archive_files = None
+        self.metadata_check = True
+        self.owner = None
+        self.group = None
+        self.filelist = None
+        self.manifest_builders = None
+
+    def _check_archive_formats(self, formats):
+        supported_formats = [name for name, desc in get_archive_formats()]
+        for format in formats:
+            if format not in supported_formats:
+                return format
+        return None
+
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        if self.manifest is None:
+            self.manifest = "MANIFEST"
+
+        self.ensure_string_list('formats')
+        if self.formats is None:
+            try:
+                self.formats = [self.default_format[os.name]]
+            except KeyError:
+                raise PackagingPlatformError("don't know how to create source "
+                       "distributions on platform %s" % os.name)
+
+        bad_format = self._check_archive_formats(self.formats)
+        if bad_format:
+            raise PackagingOptionError("unknown archive format '%s'" \
+                        % bad_format)
+
+        if self.dist_dir is None:
+            self.dist_dir = "dist"
+
+        if self.filelist is None:
+            self.filelist = Manifest()
+
+        if self.manifest_builders is None:
+            self.manifest_builders = []
+        else:
+            if isinstance(self.manifest_builders, str):
+                self.manifest_builders = self.manifest_builders.split(',')
+            builders = []
+            for builder in self.manifest_builders:
+                builder = builder.strip()
+                if builder == '':
+                    continue
+                try:
+                    builder = resolve_name(builder)
+                except ImportError as e:
+                    raise PackagingModuleError(e)
+
+                builders.append(builder)
+
+            self.manifest_builders = builders
+
+    def run(self):
+        # 'filelist' contains the list of files that will make up the
+        # manifest
+        self.filelist.clear()
+
+        # Check the package metadata
+        if self.metadata_check:
+            self.run_command('check')
+
+        # Do whatever it takes to get the list of files to process
+        # (process the manifest template, read an existing manifest,
+        # whatever).  File list is accumulated in 'self.filelist'.
+        self.get_file_list()
+
+        # If user just wanted us to regenerate the manifest, stop now.
+        if self.manifest_only:
+            return
+
+        # Otherwise, go ahead and create the source distribution tarball,
+        # or zipfile, or whatever.
+        self.make_distribution()
+
+    def get_file_list(self):
+        """Figure out the list of files to include in the source
+        distribution, and put it in 'self.filelist'.  This might involve
+        reading the manifest template (and writing the manifest), or just
+        reading the manifest, or just using the default file set -- it all
+        depends on the user's options.
+        """
+        template_exists = len(self.distribution.extra_files) > 0
+        if not template_exists:
+            logger.warning('%s: using default file list',
+                           self.get_command_name())
+        self.filelist.findall()
+
+        if self.use_defaults:
+            self.add_defaults()
+        if template_exists:
+            template = '\n'.join(self.distribution.extra_files)
+            self.filelist.read_template(StringIO(template))
+
+        # call manifest builders, if any.
+        for builder in self.manifest_builders:
+            builder(self.distribution, self.filelist)
+
+        if self.prune:
+            self.prune_file_list()
+
+        self.filelist.write(self.manifest)
+
+    def add_defaults(self):
+        """Add all the default files to self.filelist:
+          - README or README.txt
+          - test/test*.py
+          - all pure Python modules mentioned in setup script
+          - all files pointed by package_data (build_py)
+          - all files defined in data_files.
+          - all files defined as scripts.
+          - all C sources listed as part of extensions or C libraries
+            in the setup script (doesn't catch C headers!)
+        Warns if (README or README.txt) or setup.py are missing; everything
+        else is optional.
+        """
+        standards = [('README', 'README.txt')]
+        for fn in standards:
+            if isinstance(fn, tuple):
+                alts = fn
+                got_it = False
+                for fn in alts:
+                    if os.path.exists(fn):
+                        got_it = True
+                        self.filelist.append(fn)
+                        break
+
+                if not got_it:
+                    logger.warning(
+                        '%s: standard file not found: should have one of %s',
+                        self.get_command_name(), ', '.join(alts))
+            else:
+                if os.path.exists(fn):
+                    self.filelist.append(fn)
+                else:
+                    logger.warning('%s: standard file %r not found',
+                                   self.get_command_name(), fn)
+
+        optional = ['test/test*.py', 'setup.cfg']
+        for pattern in optional:
+            files = [f for f in glob(pattern) if os.path.isfile(f)]
+            if files:
+                self.filelist.extend(files)
+
+        for cmd_name in get_command_names():
+            try:
+                cmd_obj = self.get_finalized_command(cmd_name)
+            except PackagingOptionError:
+                pass
+            else:
+                self.filelist.extend(cmd_obj.get_source_files())
+
+    def prune_file_list(self):
+        """Prune off branches that might slip into the file list as created
+        by 'read_template()', but really don't belong there:
+          * the build tree (typically "build")
+          * the release tree itself (only an issue if we ran "sdist"
+            previously with --keep-temp, or it aborted)
+          * any RCS, CVS, .svn, .hg, .git, .bzr, _darcs directories
+        """
+        build = self.get_finalized_command('build')
+        base_dir = self.distribution.get_fullname()
+
+        self.filelist.exclude_pattern(None, prefix=build.build_base)
+        self.filelist.exclude_pattern(None, prefix=base_dir)
+
+        # pruning out vcs directories
+        # both separators are used under win32
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            seps = r'/|\\'
+        else:
+            seps = '/'
+
+        vcs_dirs = ['RCS', 'CVS', r'\.svn', r'\.hg', r'\.git', r'\.bzr',
+                    '_darcs']
+        vcs_ptrn = r'(^|%s)(%s)(%s).*' % (seps, '|'.join(vcs_dirs), seps)
+        self.filelist.exclude_pattern(vcs_ptrn, is_regex=True)
+
+    def make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files):
+        """Create the directory tree that will become the source
+        distribution archive.  All directories implied by the filenames in
+        'files' are created under 'base_dir', and then we hard link or copy
+        (if hard linking is unavailable) those files into place.
+        Essentially, this duplicates the developer's source tree, but in a
+        directory named after the distribution, containing only the files
+        to be distributed.
+        """
+        # Create all the directories under 'base_dir' necessary to
+        # put 'files' there; the 'mkpath()' is just so we don't die
+        # if the manifest happens to be empty.
+        self.mkpath(base_dir)
+        self.create_tree(base_dir, files, dry_run=self.dry_run)
+
+        # And walk over the list of files, either making a hard link (if
+        # os.link exists) to each one that doesn't already exist in its
+        # corresponding location under 'base_dir', or copying each file
+        # that's out-of-date in 'base_dir'.  (Usually, all files will be
+        # out-of-date, because by default we blow away 'base_dir' when
+        # we're done making the distribution archives.)
+
+        if hasattr(os, 'link'):        # can make hard links on this system
+            link = 'hard'
+            msg = "making hard links in %s..." % base_dir
+        else:                           # nope, have to copy
+            link = None
+            msg = "copying files to %s..." % base_dir
+
+        if not files:
+            logger.warning("no files to distribute -- empty manifest?")
+        else:
+            logger.info(msg)
+
+        for file in self.distribution.metadata.requires_files:
+            if file not in files:
+                msg = "'%s' must be included explicitly in 'extra_files'" \
+                        % file
+                raise PackagingFileError(msg)
+
+        for file in files:
+            if not os.path.isfile(file):
+                logger.warning("'%s' not a regular file -- skipping", file)
+            else:
+                dest = os.path.join(base_dir, file)
+                self.copy_file(file, dest, link=link)
+
+        self.distribution.metadata.write(os.path.join(base_dir, 'PKG-INFO'))
+
+    def make_distribution(self):
+        """Create the source distribution(s).  First, we create the release
+        tree with 'make_release_tree()'; then, we create all required
+        archive files (according to 'self.formats') from the release tree.
+        Finally, we clean up by blowing away the release tree (unless
+        'self.keep_temp' is true).  The list of archive files created is
+        stored so it can be retrieved later by 'get_archive_files()'.
+        """
+        # Don't warn about missing metadata here -- should be (and is!)
+        # done elsewhere.
+        base_dir = self.distribution.get_fullname()
+        base_name = os.path.join(self.dist_dir, base_dir)
+
+        self.make_release_tree(base_dir, self.filelist.files)
+        archive_files = []              # remember names of files we create
+        # tar archive must be created last to avoid overwrite and remove
+        if 'tar' in self.formats:
+            self.formats.append(self.formats.pop(self.formats.index('tar')))
+
+        for fmt in self.formats:
+            file = self.make_archive(base_name, fmt, base_dir=base_dir,
+                                     owner=self.owner, group=self.group)
+            archive_files.append(file)
+            self.distribution.dist_files.append(('sdist', '', file))
+
+        self.archive_files = archive_files
+
+        if not self.keep_temp:
+            if self.dry_run:
+                logger.info('removing %s', base_dir)
+            else:
+                rmtree(base_dir)
+
+    def get_archive_files(self):
+        """Return the list of archive files created when the command
+        was run, or None if the command hasn't run yet.
+        """
+        return self.archive_files
+
+    def create_tree(self, base_dir, files, mode=0o777, verbose=1,
+                    dry_run=False):
+        need_dir = set()
+        for file in files:
+            need_dir.add(os.path.join(base_dir, os.path.dirname(file)))
+
+        # Now create them
+        for dir in sorted(need_dir):
+            self.mkpath(dir, mode, verbose=verbose, dry_run=dry_run)