From a5f2cedd588e0318ba5f7959b5dd7d7cab49b67a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Kluyver <takowl@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2023 15:08:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add docstring for version_files

---
 flit_core/flit_core/common.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/flit_core/flit_core/common.py b/flit_core/flit_core/common.py
index c626f0a6..5a36fa80 100644
--- a/flit_core/flit_core/common.py
+++ b/flit_core/flit_core/common.py
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ def file(self):
 
     @property
     def version_files(self):
+    """Files which will be parsed to find a version number
+    
+    Files later in this list take precedence over earlier ones.
+    """
         if self.is_package:
             paths = [self.path / '__init__.py']
             for filename in ('version.py', '_version.py', '__version__.py'):