Use release.mk from https://github.com/mgedmin/python-project-skel

Makefile

@@ -16,57 +16,11 @@ check:
 coverage:
 	tox -e coverage
 
-.PHONY: dist
-dist:
-	$(PYTHON) setup.py -q sdist bdist_wheel
-
 .PHONY: distcheck
-distcheck:
-	$(PYTHON) check_manifest.py
-	# Bit of a chicken-and-egg here, but if the tree is unclean, make
-	# distcheck will fail.
-	@test -z "`git status -s 2>&1`" || { echo; echo "Your working tree is not clean" 1>&2; git status; exit 1; }
-	make dist
-	pkg_and_version=`$(PYTHON) setup.py --name`-`$(PYTHON) setup.py --version` && \
-	rm -rf tmp && \
-	mkdir tmp && \
-	git archive --format=tar --prefix=tmp/tree/ HEAD | tar -xf - && \
-	cd tmp && \
-	tar xvzf ../dist/$$pkg_and_version.tar.gz && \
-	diff -ur $$pkg_and_version tree -x PKG-INFO -x setup.cfg -x '*.egg-info' && \
-	cd $$pkg_and_version && \
-	make dist check && \
-	cd .. && \
-	mkdir one two && \
-	cd one && \
-	tar xvzf ../../dist/$$pkg_and_version.tar.gz && \
-	cd ../two/ && \
-	tar xvzf ../$$pkg_and_version/dist/$$pkg_and_version.tar.gz && \
-	cd .. && \
-	diff -ur one two -x SOURCES.txt && \
-	cd .. && \
-	rm -rf tmp && \
-	echo "sdist seems to be ok"
+distcheck: distcheck-self  # also release.mk will add other checks
 
-.PHONY: releasechecklist
-releasechecklist:
-	@$(PYTHON) setup.py --version | grep -qv dev || { \
-	    echo "Please remove the 'dev' suffix from the version number in $(FILE_WITH_VERSION)"; exit 1; }
-	@$(PYTHON) setup.py --long-description | rst2html --exit-status=2 > /dev/null
-	@ver_and_date="`$(PYTHON) setup.py --version` (`date +%Y-%m-%d`)" && \
-	    grep -q "^$$ver_and_date$$" $(FILE_WITH_CHANGELOG) || { \
-	        echo "$(FILE_WITH_CHANGELOG) has no entry for $$ver_and_date"; exit 1; }
-	make distcheck
+include release.mk
 
-.PHONY: release
-release: releasechecklist
-	# I'm chicken so I won't actually do these things yet
-	@echo "Please run"
-	@echo
-	@echo "  rm -rf dist && $(PYTHON) setup.py -q sdist bdist_wheel && twine upload dist/* && git tag `$(PYTHON) setup.py --version`"
-	@echo
-	@echo "Please increment the version number in $(FILE_WITH_VERSION)"
-	@echo "and add a new empty entry at the top of the changelog in $(FILE_WITH_CHANGELOG), then"
-	@echo
-	@echo '  git commit -a -m "Post-release version bump" && git push && git push --tags'
-	@echo
+.PHONY: distcheck-self
+distcheck-self:
+	$(PYTHON) check_manifest.py