Prevent errors in editable install when plugins include .egg_info/SOURCES.txt
#3503
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In #3500, it seems that
pbr
is automatically trying to add.egg_info/SOURCES.txt
into the default list of data files.However
editable_wheel
uses a.egg_info
directory that is external to the project root, which may cause errors with thepbr
approach.Summary of changes
.egg-info
files when analysing manifest inbuild_py
.Closes #3500
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