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Version: 2.7 (deprecated)

python_distribution

A publishable Python setuptools distribution (e.g. an sdist or wheel).

See https://www.pantsbuild.org/v2.7/docs/python-distributions.

Backend: ``

provides​

PythonArtifact
required

The setup.py kwargs for the external artifact built from this target.

You must define name. You can also set almost any keyword argument accepted by setup.py in the setup() function: (https://packaging.python.org/guides/distributing-packages-using-setuptools/#setup-args).

See https://www.pantsbuild.org/v2.7/docs/plugins-setup-py for how to write a plugin to dynamically generate kwargs.

dependencies​

Iterable[str] | None
default: None

Addresses to other targets that this target depends on, e.g. ['helloworld/subdir:lib'].

Alternatively, you may include file names. Pants will find which target owns that file, and create a new target from that which only includes the file in its sources field. For files relative to the current BUILD file, prefix with ./; otherwise, put the full path, e.g. ['./sibling.txt', 'resources/demo.json'].

You may exclude dependencies by prefixing with !, e.g. ['!helloworld/subdir:lib', '!./sibling.txt']. Ignores are intended for false positives with dependency inference; otherwise, simply leave off the dependency from the BUILD file.

description​

str | None
default: None

A human-readable description of the target.

Use ./pants list --documented :: to see all targets with descriptions.

entry_points​

Dict[str, Dict[str, str]] | None
default: None

Any entry points, such as console_scripts and gui_scripts.

Specify as a nested dictionary, with a dictionary for each type of entry point, e.g. console_scripts vs. gui_scripts. Each dictionary maps the entry point name to either a setuptools entry point ("path.to.module:func") or a Pants target address to a pex_binary target.

Example:

entry_points={
  "console_scripts": {
    "my-script": "project.app:main",
    "another-script": "project/subdir:pex_binary_tgt"
  }
}

Note that Pants will assume that any value that either starts with : or has / in it, is a target address to a pex_binary target. Otherwise, it will assume it's a setuptools entry point as defined by https://packaging.python.org/specifications/entry-points/#entry-points-specification. Use // as a prefix for target addresses if you need to disambiguate.

Pants will attempt to infer dependencies, which you can confirm by running:

./pants dependencies <python_distribution target address>

setup_py_commands​

Iterable[str] | None
default: None

The runtime commands to invoke setup.py with to create the distribution, e.g. ["bdist_wheel", "--python-tag=py36.py37", "sdist"].

If empty or unspecified, will just create a chroot with a setup() function.

tags​

Iterable[str] | None
default: None

Arbitrary strings to describe a target.

For example, you may tag some test targets with 'integration_test' so that you could run ./pants --tag='integration_test' test :: to only run on targets with that tag.