How include static files to setuptools - python package

As pointed out in the comments, there are 2 ways to add the static files:

1 - include_package_data=True + MANIFEST.in

A MANIFEST.in file in the same directory of setup.py that looks like this:

include src/static/*
include src/Potato/*.txt

With include_package_data = True in setup.py.

package_data = {
    'static': ['*'],
    'Potato': ['*.txt']
}

Specify the files inside the setup.py.

include_package_data will nullify the package_data information.

Official docs:
https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/userguide/datafiles.html

Include all files recursively:

recursive-include project_name/templates *
recursive-include project_name/static *

where project_name is a folder in the same line where you have setup.py file.

Use following

packages = ['.','templates','static','docs'],

package_data={'templates':['*'],'static':['*'],'docs':['*'],},