initial import of the packaging package in the standard library
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+"""Class representing the list of files in a distribution.
+
+The Manifest class can be used to:
+
+ - read or write a MANIFEST file
+ - read a template file and find out the file list
+"""
+# XXX todo: document + add tests
+import re
+import os
+import fnmatch
+
+from packaging import logger
+from packaging.util import write_file, convert_path
+from packaging.errors import (PackagingTemplateError,
+                              PackagingInternalError)
+
+__all__ = ['Manifest']
+
+# a \ followed by some spaces + EOL
+_COLLAPSE_PATTERN = re.compile('\\\w*\n', re.M)
+_COMMENTED_LINE = re.compile('#.*?(?=\n)|\n(?=$)', re.M | re.S)
+
+
+class Manifest(object):
+    """A list of files built by on exploring the filesystem and filtered by
+    applying various patterns to what we find there.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.allfiles = None
+        self.files = []
+
+    #
+    # Public API
+    #
+
+    def findall(self, dir=os.curdir):
+        self.allfiles = _findall(dir)
+
+    def append(self, item):
+        self.files.append(item)
+
+    def extend(self, items):
+        self.files.extend(items)
+
+    def sort(self):
+        # Not a strict lexical sort!
+        self.files = [os.path.join(*path_tuple) for path_tuple in
+                      sorted(os.path.split(path) for path in self.files)]
+
+    def clear(self):
+        """Clear all collected files."""
+        self.files = []
+        if self.allfiles is not None:
+            self.allfiles = []
+
+    def remove_duplicates(self):
+        # Assumes list has been sorted!
+        for i in range(len(self.files) - 1, 0, -1):
+            if self.files[i] == self.files[i - 1]:
+                del self.files[i]
+
+    def read_template(self, path_or_file):
+        """Read and parse a manifest template file.
+        'path' can be a path or a file-like object.
+
+        Updates the list accordingly.
+        """
+        if isinstance(path_or_file, str):
+            f = open(path_or_file)
+        else:
+            f = path_or_file
+
+        try:
+            content = f.read()
+            # first, let's unwrap collapsed lines
+            content = _COLLAPSE_PATTERN.sub('', content)
+            # next, let's remove commented lines and empty lines
+            content = _COMMENTED_LINE.sub('', content)
+
+            # now we have our cleaned up lines
+            lines = [line.strip() for line in content.split('\n')]
+        finally:
+            f.close()
+
+        for line in lines:
+            if line == '':
+                continue
+            try:
+                self._process_template_line(line)
+            except PackagingTemplateError as msg:
+                logger.warning("%s, %s", path_or_file, msg)
+
+    def write(self, path):
+        """Write the file list in 'self.filelist' (presumably as filled in
+        by 'add_defaults()' and 'read_template()') to the manifest file
+        named by 'self.manifest'.
+        """
+        if os.path.isfile(path):
+            with open(path) as fp:
+                first_line = fp.readline()
+
+            if first_line != '# file GENERATED by packaging, do NOT edit\n':
+                logger.info("not writing to manually maintained "
+                            "manifest file %r", path)
+                return
+
+        self.sort()
+        self.remove_duplicates()
+        content = self.files[:]
+        content.insert(0, '# file GENERATED by packaging, do NOT edit')
+        logger.info("writing manifest file %r", path)
+        write_file(path, content)
+
+    def read(self, path):
+        """Read the manifest file (named by 'self.manifest') and use it to
+        fill in 'self.filelist', the list of files to include in the source
+        distribution.
+        """
+        logger.info("reading manifest file %r", path)
+        with open(path) as manifest:
+            for line in manifest.readlines():
+                self.append(line)
+
+    def exclude_pattern(self, pattern, anchor=True, prefix=None,
+                        is_regex=False):
+        """Remove strings (presumably filenames) from 'files' that match
+        'pattern'.
+
+        Other parameters are the same as for 'include_pattern()', above.
+        The list 'self.files' is modified in place. Return True if files are
+        found.
+        """
+        files_found = False
+        pattern_re = _translate_pattern(pattern, anchor, prefix, is_regex)
+        for i in range(len(self.files) - 1, -1, -1):
+            if pattern_re.search(self.files[i]):
+                del self.files[i]
+                files_found = True
+
+        return files_found
+
+    #
+    # Private API
+    #
+
+    def _parse_template_line(self, line):
+        words = line.split()
+        if len(words) == 1:
+            # no action given, let's use the default 'include'
+            words.insert(0, 'include')
+
+        action = words[0]
+        patterns = dir = dir_pattern = None
+
+        if action in ('include', 'exclude',
+                      'global-include', 'global-exclude'):
+            if len(words) < 2:
+                raise PackagingTemplateError(
+                      "%r expects <pattern1> <pattern2> ..." % action)
+
+            patterns = [convert_path(word) for word in words[1:]]
+
+        elif action in ('recursive-include', 'recursive-exclude'):
+            if len(words) < 3:
+                raise PackagingTemplateError(
+                      "%r expects <dir> <pattern1> <pattern2> ..." % action)
+
+            dir = convert_path(words[1])
+            patterns = [convert_path(word) for word in words[2:]]
+
+        elif action in ('graft', 'prune'):
+            if len(words) != 2:
+                raise PackagingTemplateError(
+                     "%r expects a single <dir_pattern>" % action)
+
+            dir_pattern = convert_path(words[1])
+
+        else:
+            raise PackagingTemplateError("unknown action %r" % action)
+
+        return action, patterns, dir, dir_pattern
+
+    def _process_template_line(self, line):
+        # Parse the line: split it up, make sure the right number of words
+        # is there, and return the relevant words.  'action' is always
+        # defined: it's the first word of the line.  Which of the other
+        # three are defined depends on the action; it'll be either
+        # patterns, (dir and patterns), or (dir_pattern).
+        action, patterns, dir, dir_pattern = self._parse_template_line(line)
+
+        # OK, now we know that the action is valid and we have the
+        # right number of words on the line for that action -- so we
+        # can proceed with minimal error-checking.
+        if action == 'include':
+            for pattern in patterns:
+                if not self._include_pattern(pattern, anchor=True):
+                    logger.warning("no files found matching %r", pattern)
+
+        elif action == 'exclude':
+            for pattern in patterns:
+                if not self.exclude_pattern(pattern, anchor=True):
+                    logger.warning("no previously-included files "
+                                   "found matching %r", pattern)
+
+        elif action == 'global-include':
+            for pattern in patterns:
+                if not self._include_pattern(pattern, anchor=False):
+                    logger.warning("no files found matching %r "
+                                   "anywhere in distribution", pattern)
+
+        elif action == 'global-exclude':
+            for pattern in patterns:
+                if not self.exclude_pattern(pattern, anchor=False):
+                    logger.warning("no previously-included files "
+                                   "matching %r found anywhere in "
+                                   "distribution", pattern)
+
+        elif action == 'recursive-include':
+            for pattern in patterns:
+                if not self._include_pattern(pattern, prefix=dir):
+                    logger.warning("no files found matching %r "
+                                   "under directory %r", pattern, dir)
+
+        elif action == 'recursive-exclude':
+            for pattern in patterns:
+                if not self.exclude_pattern(pattern, prefix=dir):
+                    logger.warning("no previously-included files "
+                                   "matching %r found under directory %r",
+                                   pattern, dir)
+
+        elif action == 'graft':
+            if not self._include_pattern(None, prefix=dir_pattern):
+                logger.warning("no directories found matching %r",
+                               dir_pattern)
+
+        elif action == 'prune':
+            if not self.exclude_pattern(None, prefix=dir_pattern):
+                logger.warning("no previously-included directories found "
+                               "matching %r", dir_pattern)
+        else:
+            raise PackagingInternalError(
+                "this cannot happen: invalid action %r" % action)
+
+    def _include_pattern(self, pattern, anchor=True, prefix=None,
+                         is_regex=False):
+        """Select strings (presumably filenames) from 'self.files' that
+        match 'pattern', a Unix-style wildcard (glob) pattern.
+
+        Patterns are not quite the same as implemented by the 'fnmatch'
+        module: '*' and '?'  match non-special characters, where "special"
+        is platform-dependent: slash on Unix; colon, slash, and backslash on
+        DOS/Windows; and colon on Mac OS.
+
+        If 'anchor' is true (the default), then the pattern match is more
+        stringent: "*.py" will match "foo.py" but not "foo/bar.py".  If
+        'anchor' is false, both of these will match.
+
+        If 'prefix' is supplied, then only filenames starting with 'prefix'
+        (itself a pattern) and ending with 'pattern', with anything in between
+        them, will match.  'anchor' is ignored in this case.
+
+        If 'is_regex' is true, 'anchor' and 'prefix' are ignored, and
+        'pattern' is assumed to be either a string containing a regex or a
+        regex object -- no translation is done, the regex is just compiled
+        and used as-is.
+
+        Selected strings will be added to self.files.
+
+        Return True if files are found.
+        """
+        files_found = False
+        pattern_re = _translate_pattern(pattern, anchor, prefix, is_regex)
+
+        # delayed loading of allfiles list
+        if self.allfiles is None:
+            self.findall()
+
+        for name in self.allfiles:
+            if pattern_re.search(name):
+                self.files.append(name)
+                files_found = True
+
+        return files_found
+
+
+#
+# Utility functions
+#
+def _findall(dir=os.curdir):
+    """Find all files under 'dir' and return the list of full filenames
+    (relative to 'dir').
+    """
+    from stat import S_ISREG, S_ISDIR, S_ISLNK
+
+    list = []
+    stack = [dir]
+    pop = stack.pop
+    push = stack.append
+
+    while stack:
+        dir = pop()
+        names = os.listdir(dir)
+
+        for name in names:
+            if dir != os.curdir:        # avoid the dreaded "./" syndrome
+                fullname = os.path.join(dir, name)
+            else:
+                fullname = name
+
+            # Avoid excess stat calls -- just one will do, thank you!
+            stat = os.stat(fullname)
+            mode = stat.st_mode
+            if S_ISREG(mode):
+                list.append(fullname)
+            elif S_ISDIR(mode) and not S_ISLNK(mode):
+                push(fullname)
+
+    return list
+
+
+def _glob_to_re(pattern):
+    """Translate a shell-like glob pattern to a regular expression.
+
+    Return a string containing the regex.  Differs from
+    'fnmatch.translate()' in that '*' does not match "special characters"
+    (which are platform-specific).
+    """
+    pattern_re = fnmatch.translate(pattern)
+
+    # '?' and '*' in the glob pattern become '.' and '.*' in the RE, which
+    # IMHO is wrong -- '?' and '*' aren't supposed to match slash in Unix,
+    # and by extension they shouldn't match such "special characters" under
+    # any OS.  So change all non-escaped dots in the RE to match any
+    # character except the special characters.
+    # XXX currently the "special characters" are just slash -- i.e. this is
+    # Unix-only.
+    pattern_re = re.sub(r'((?<!\\)(\\\\)*)\.', r'\1[^/]', pattern_re)
+
+    return pattern_re
+
+
+def _translate_pattern(pattern, anchor=True, prefix=None, is_regex=False):
+    """Translate a shell-like wildcard pattern to a compiled regular
+    expression.
+
+    Return the compiled regex.  If 'is_regex' true,
+    then 'pattern' is directly compiled to a regex (if it's a string)
+    or just returned as-is (assumes it's a regex object).
+    """
+    if is_regex:
+        if isinstance(pattern, str):
+            return re.compile(pattern)
+        else:
+            return pattern
+
+    if pattern:
+        pattern_re = _glob_to_re(pattern)
+    else:
+        pattern_re = ''
+
+    if prefix is not None:
+        # ditch end of pattern character
+        empty_pattern = _glob_to_re('')
+        prefix_re = _glob_to_re(prefix)[:-len(empty_pattern)]
+        pattern_re = "^" + os.path.join(prefix_re, ".*" + pattern_re)
+    else:                               # no prefix -- respect anchor flag
+        if anchor:
+            pattern_re = "^" + pattern_re
+
+    return re.compile(pattern_re)