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Convert README.md into reStructuredText
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convert-README-from-md-to-rst.py
# From: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pypi/issues/148/support-markdown-for-readmes#comment-23875412
import setuptools
import pypandoc
long_description = pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst')
setuptools.setup(
name='example',
version=find_version('example.py'),
long_description=long_description,
...
)
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