No need to explictly specify LICENSE file

DimitriPapadopoulos · DimitriPapadopoulos · commit 01877f3cd25c · 2025-07-31T15:35:53.000+02:00
Indeed setuptools will automatically pick up files with standard names, including `LICEN[CS]E*`: https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/miscellaneous.html
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ name = "setuptools-scm"
 description = "the blessed package to manage your versions by scm tags"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 authors = [
     {name="Ronny Pfannschmidt", email="opensource@ronnypfannschmidt.de"}
 ]

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`@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ name = "setuptools-scm"`
`16`	`16`	`description = "the blessed package to manage your versions by scm tags"`
`17`	`17`	`readme = "README.md"`
`18`	`18`	`license = "MIT"`
`19`		`-license-files = ["LICENSE"]`
`20`	`19`	`authors = [`
`21`	`20`	`{name="Ronny Pfannschmidt", email="[email protected]"}`
`22`	`21`	`]`