Handle `config_settings` as they would be passed by pip (#3380)

2 files changed, 38 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools/command/dist_info.py b/setuptools/command/dist_info.py
index aa7af48c..39a74e1e 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/dist_info.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/dist_info.py
@@ -25,13 +25,21 @@ class dist_info(Command):
                            " DEPRECATED: use --output-dir."),
         ('output-dir=', 'o', "directory inside of which the .dist-info will be"
                              "created (default: top of the source tree)"),
+        ('tag-date', 'd', "Add date stamp (e.g. 20050528) to version number"),
+        ('tag-build=', 'b', "Specify explicit tag to add to version number"),
+        ('no-date', 'D', "Don't include date stamp [default]"),
     ]
 
+    boolean_options = ['tag-date']
+    negative_opt = {'no-date': 'tag-date'}
+
     def initialize_options(self):
         self.egg_base = None
         self.output_dir = None
         self.name = None
         self.dist_info_dir = None
+        self.tag_date = None
+        self.tag_build = None
 
     def finalize_options(self):
         if self.egg_base:
@@ -43,8 +51,19 @@ class dist_info(Command):
         project_dir = dist.src_root or os.curdir
         self.output_dir = Path(self.output_dir or project_dir)
 
-        egg_info = self.reinitialize_command('egg_info')
+        egg_info = self.reinitialize_command("egg_info")
         egg_info.egg_base = str(self.output_dir)
+
+        if self.tag_date:
+            egg_info.tag_date = self.tag_date
+        else:
+            self.tag_date = egg_info.tag_date
+
+        if self.tag_build:
+            egg_info.tag_build = self.tag_build
+        else:
+            self.tag_build = egg_info.tag_build
+
         egg_info.finalize_options()
         self.egg_info = egg_info
 
diff --git a/setuptools/command/editable_wheel.py b/setuptools/command/editable_wheel.py
index 48202990..2776577f 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/editable_wheel.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/editable_wheel.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import sys
 import logging
+import warnings
 from itertools import chain
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
@@ -166,6 +167,15 @@ class editable_wheel(Command):
         populate = _LinkTree(self.distribution, name, auxiliary_build_dir, tmp)
         populate(unpacked_dir)
 
+        msg = f"""\n
+        Strict editable installation performed using the auxiliary directory:
+            {auxiliary_build_dir}
+
+        Please be careful to not remove this directory, otherwise you might not be able
+        to import/use your package.
+        """
+        warnings.warn(msg, InformationOnly)
+
     def _populate_static_pth(self, name: str, project_dir: Path, unpacked_dir: Path):
         """Populate wheel using the "lax" ``.pth`` file strategy, for ``src-layout``."""
         src_dir = self.package_dir[""]
@@ -583,3 +593,11 @@ def _finder_template(
     """
     mapping = dict(sorted(mapping.items(), key=lambda p: p[0]))
     return _FINDER_TEMPLATE.format(name=name, mapping=mapping, namespaces=namespaces)
+
+
+class InformationOnly(UserWarning):
+    """Currently there is no clear way of displaying messages to the users
+    that use the setuptools backend directly via ``pip``.
+    The only thing that might work is a warning, although it is not the
+    most appropriate tool for the job...
+    """