| .. _package-upload: |
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| Uploading Packages to the Package Index |
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| The Python Package Index (PyPI) not only stores the package info, but also the |
| package data if the author of the package wishes to. The distutils command |
| :command:`upload` pushes the distribution files to PyPI. |
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| The command is invoked immediately after building one or more distribution |
| files. For example, the command :: |
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| python setup.py sdist bdist_wininst upload |
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| will cause the source distribution and the Windows installer to be uploaded to |
| PyPI. Note that these will be uploaded even if they are built using an earlier |
| invocation of :file:`setup.py`, but that only distributions named on the command |
| line for the invocation including the :command:`upload` command are uploaded. |
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| The :command:`upload` command uses the username, password, and repository URL |
| from the :file:`$HOME/.pypirc` file (see section :ref:`pypirc` for more on this |
| file). |
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| You can use the :option:`--sign` option to tell :command:`upload` to sign each |
| uploaded file using GPG (GNU Privacy Guard). The :program:`gpg` program must |
| be available for execution on the system :envvar:`PATH`. You can also specify |
| which key to use for signing using the :option:`--identity=*name*` option. |
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| Other :command:`upload` options include :option:`--repository=*url*` (which |
| lets you override the repository setting from :file:`$HOME/.pypirc`), and |
| :option:`--show-response` (which displays the full response text from the PyPI |
| server for help in debugging upload problems). |
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