include *.md *.rst recursive-include xgboost * recursive-include xgboost/include * recursive-include xgboost/src * #exclude pre-compiled .o file for less confusions #include the pre-compiled .so is needed as a placeholder #since it will be copy after compiling on the fly global-exclude xgboost/build/* global-exclude xgboost/*.o global-exclude *.pyo global-exclude *.pyc