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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions setuptools_scm/__init__.py
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Expand Up @@ -73,9 +73,11 @@ def _do_parse(root, parse):

raise LookupError(
"setuptools-scm was unable to detect version for %r.\n\n"
"Make sure you're not using GitHub's tarballs (or similar ones), as "
"those don't contain the necessary metadata. Use PyPI's tarballs "
"instead.\n\nFor example, if you're using pip, instead of "
"Make sure you're either building from a fully intact git repository "
"or PyPI tarballs. Most other sources (such as GitHub's tarballs, a "
"git checkout without the .git folder) don't contain the necessary "
"metadata and will not work.\n\n"
"For example, if you're using pip, instead of "
"https://github.com/user/proj/archive/master.zip "
"use git+https://github.com/user/proj.git#egg=proj" % root)

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