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Avoid marking root setup.py files for rewriting when looking at package metadata

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topic: rewrite type: enhancement
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Description

Follow up of #2939

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Research direction

Start by reading the linked context from issue #2939 and tracing how package metadata inspection identifies files for rewriting. Check the root setup.py handling and define done as ensuring root setup.py files are not marked for rewriting during metadata inspection.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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