setup.py

from setuptools import setup
import re
import os
import codecs

here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))


def read(*parts):
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(here, *parts), 'r') as fp:
        return fp.read()


def find_version(*file_paths):
    version_file = read(*file_paths)
    version_match = re.search(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]",
                              version_file, re.M)
    if version_match:
        return version_match.group(1)
    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")


with open('requirements.txt', 'r') as f:
    required = f.read().splitlines()

with open('test_requirements.txt', 'r') as f:
    test_required = f.read().splitlines()

dependency_links = []
del_ls = []
for i_l in range(len(required)):
    l = required[i_l]
    if l.startswith("-e"):
        dependency_links.append(l.split("-e ")[-1])
        del_ls.append(i_l)

        required.append(l.split("=")[-1])

for i_l in del_ls[::-1]:
    del required[i_l]

setup(
    version=find_version("annotationengine", "__init__.py"),
    name='annotationengine',
    description='a service for storing arbitrary annotation data '
                'on EM volumes stored in a cloud volume ',
    author='Forrest Collman',
    author_email='forrestc@alleninstitute.org',
    url='https://github.com/fcollman/AnnotationEngine',
    packages=['annotationengine'],
    include_package_data=True,
    install_requires=required,
    setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
    tests_require=test_required,
    dependency_links=dependency_links)