Is it possible to exclude .gitignore from build?

[rubenhortas]

Hi, I'm using Python 3.9.2 and hatch 1.3.1.

The structure of my project is as follows:

project_name/
|- .git/
|- .github/
|- .idea/
|- dist/
|- screenshots/
|- src/
|- tests/
|- venv/
|- .gitignore
|- Changelog.md
|- LICENSE
|- pyproject.toml
|- README.md
|- requirements.txt

In my pyproject.toml file I have

[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
exclude = [
     "/.github",
     "/.idea",
     "/screenshots",
     "/tests",
     ".gitignore"
]

I'm trying to exclude .gitignore from build (I don't see the need to include it), but I'm unable to do it.

I also tried excluding it with expressions like ".", ".git", etc, but is always included on the build.

I search in the issues and discussions (and google, of course), but the closest thing I found is "Always include any root .gitignore file for source distributions" but does not have description.

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!

[ofek]

It is not possible because then building the wheel from an sdist would not work properly. If you really need that changed I could not ship it if this is disabled https://hatch.pypa.io/latest/config/build/#vcs

[rubenhortas]

Thanks for the (so quick) explanation, @ofek ! 😄
Don't worry, I don't need the change. I can live with the file in the build. It was just that I didn't understand the need to distribute the file, now I do.
Thanks a lot, really! 😄

[ofek]

Happy to help 🙂

[zapta]

I also was puzzled by this behavior. If it it's not already in the doc, may be a good idea to clarify it with a visible node.

https://hatch.pypa.io/latest/config/build/#vcs