setuptools-generate

Generate shell completions and man page when building a python package.

Usage

Add this package to your build requires:

[build-system]
requires = [ "setuptools-generate",]
build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

[project]
name = "demo"
version = "0.0.1"

[project.scripts]
demo = "demo:main"

Build your package:

python -m build

See your sdist:

$ tree sdist
 sdist
├──  _demo  # zsh completion script
├──  demo  # bash completion script
├──  demo-0.0.1-py3-none-any.whl  # wheel file
├──  demo-0.0.1.tar.gz  # source distribution file
├──  demo.1  # man page
└──  demo.fish  # fish completion script

You got them.

Example projects:

• demo for click

• demo for shtab

• translate-shell

See document to know more.