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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+PROJECT = 'cliff'
+
+# Change docs/sphinx/conf.py too!
+VERSION = '0.1'
+
+# Bootstrap installation of Distribute
+import distribute_setup
+distribute_setup.use_setuptools()
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+from distutils.util import convert_path
+from fnmatch import fnmatchcase
+import os
+import sys
+
+try:
+    long_description = open('README.rst', 'rt').read()
+except IOError:
+    long_description = ''
+
+##############################################################################
+# find_package_data is an Ian Bicking creation.
+
+# Provided as an attribute, so you can append to these instead
+# of replicating them:
+standard_exclude = ('*.py', '*.pyc', '*~', '.*', '*.bak', '*.swp*')
+standard_exclude_directories = ('.*', 'CVS', '_darcs', './build',
+                                './dist', 'EGG-INFO', '*.egg-info')
+
+
+def find_package_data(
+    where='.', package='',
+    exclude=standard_exclude,
+    exclude_directories=standard_exclude_directories,
+    only_in_packages=True,
+    show_ignored=False):
+    """
+    Return a dictionary suitable for use in ``package_data``
+    in a distutils ``setup.py`` file.
+
+    The dictionary looks like::
+
+        {'package': [files]}
+
+    Where ``files`` is a list of all the files in that package that
+    don't match anything in ``exclude``.
+
+    If ``only_in_packages`` is true, then top-level directories that
+    are not packages won't be included (but directories under packages
+    will).
+
+    Directories matching any pattern in ``exclude_directories`` will
+    be ignored; by default directories with leading ``.``, ``CVS``,
+    and ``_darcs`` will be ignored.
+
+    If ``show_ignored`` is true, then all the files that aren't
+    included in package data are shown on stderr (for debugging
+    purposes).
+
+    Note patterns use wildcards, or can be exact paths (including
+    leading ``./``), and all searching is case-insensitive.
+
+    This function is by Ian Bicking.
+    """
+
+    out = {}
+    stack = [(convert_path(where), '', package, only_in_packages)]
+    while stack:
+        where, prefix, package, only_in_packages = stack.pop(0)
+        for name in os.listdir(where):
+            fn = os.path.join(where, name)
+            if os.path.isdir(fn):
+                bad_name = False
+                for pattern in exclude_directories:
+                    if (fnmatchcase(name, pattern)
+                        or fn.lower() == pattern.lower()):
+                        bad_name = True
+                        if show_ignored:
+                            print >> sys.stderr, (
+                                "Directory %s ignored by pattern %s"
+                                % (fn, pattern))
+                        break
+                if bad_name:
+                    continue
+                if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(fn, '__init__.py')):
+                    if not package:
+                        new_package = name
+                    else:
+                        new_package = package + '.' + name
+                    stack.append((fn, '', new_package, False))
+                else:
+                    stack.append((fn,
+                                  prefix + name + '/',
+                                  package,
+                                  only_in_packages))
+            elif package or not only_in_packages:
+                # is a file
+                bad_name = False
+                for pattern in exclude:
+                    if (fnmatchcase(name, pattern)
+                        or fn.lower() == pattern.lower()):
+                        bad_name = True
+                        if show_ignored:
+                            print >> sys.stderr, (
+                                "File %s ignored by pattern %s"
+                                % (fn, pattern))
+                        break
+                if bad_name:
+                    continue
+                out.setdefault(package, []).append(prefix + name)
+    return out
+##############################################################################
+
+
+setup(
+    name=PROJECT,
+    version=VERSION,
+
+    description='Command Line Interface Formulation Framework',
+    long_description=long_description,
+
+    author='Doug Hellmann',
+    author_email='doug.hellmann@gmail.com',
+
+    url='https://github.com/dhellmann/cliff',
+
+    classifiers=['Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+                 'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2',
+                 'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+                 'Environment :: Console',
+                 ],
+
+    platforms=['Any'],
+
+    scripts=[],
+
+    provides=['cliff',
+              ],
+    install_requires=['distribute'],
+
+    namespace_packages=[],
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    # Scan the input for package information
+    # to grab any data files (text, images, etc.)
+    # associated with sub-packages.
+    package_data=find_package_data(PROJECT,
+                                   package=PROJECT,
+                                   only_in_packages=False,
+                                   ),
+
+    entry_points={
+        # 'console_scripts': [
+        #     'venvw_hook = virtualenvwrapper.hook_loader:main'
+        #     ],
+        # 'virtualenvwrapper.initialize': [
+        #     'user_scripts = virtualenvwrapper.user_scripts:initialize',
+        #     'project = virtualenvwrapper.project:initialize',
+        #     ],
+        },
+
+    zip_safe=False,
+    )