| Georg Brandl | 116aa62 | 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .. _package-upload: |
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| 4 | Uploading Packages to the Package Index |
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| Georg Brandl | 116aa62 | 2007-08-15 14:28:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | The Python Package Index (PyPI) not only stores the package info, but also the |
| 8 | package data if the author of the package wishes to. The distutils command |
| 9 | :command:`upload` pushes the distribution files to PyPI. |
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| 11 | The command is invoked immediately after building one or more distribution |
| 12 | files. For example, the command :: |
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| 14 | python setup.py sdist bdist_wininst upload |
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| 16 | will cause the source distribution and the Windows installer to be uploaded to |
| 17 | PyPI. Note that these will be uploaded even if they are built using an earlier |
| 18 | invocation of :file:`setup.py`, but that only distributions named on the command |
| 19 | line for the invocation including the :command:`upload` command are uploaded. |
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| 21 | The :command:`upload` command uses the username, password, and repository URL |
| 22 | from the :file:`$HOME/.pypirc` file (see section :ref:`pypirc` for more on this |
| 23 | file). |
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| 25 | You can use the :option:`--sign` option to tell :command:`upload` to sign each |
| 26 | uploaded file using GPG (GNU Privacy Guard). The :program:`gpg` program must |
| 27 | be available for execution on the system :envvar:`PATH`. You can also specify |
| 28 | which key to use for signing using the :option:`--identity=*name*` option. |
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| 30 | Other :command:`upload` options include :option:`--repository=*url*` (which |
| 31 | lets you override the repository setting from :file:`$HOME/.pypirc`), and |
| 32 | :option:`--show-response` (which displays the full response text from the PyPI |
| 33 | server for help in debugging upload problems). |
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