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Aviv Cohn
Aviv Cohn

Reputation: 17243

Should I clear the dist directory before every distribution - and how?

In order to upload my package to PyPI, I'm using:

python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
twine upload dist/*

Now I would like to upload an updated version.

Should I simply run the same commands? The old dist files are still in the dist directory.

Is the good practice to first clean dist/ and then build and upload? If so, what is the cleanest way to do so?

EDIT: Things seem to work by simply doing twine upload --skip-existing dist/*. Is there a better option?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1007

Answers (1)

phd
phd

Reputation: 95038

Is the good practice to first clean dist/ and then build and upload?

Yes.

rm -rf build dist *.egg-info

PS. I usually do this cleanup immediately after release. See my release scripts for examples (SQLObject, CheetahTemplate, my small projects)

Upvotes: 5

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