whey(1)

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version 0.1.1 · 4 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing

💖 whey(1) — the manual page, but make it slay 💖

okay bestie, welcome to whey, section 1 of the manual. yes it's a Unix man page. yes we're doing this with ✨personality✨. no we are not skipping a single flag, i would never do that to you. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

whey — Build a wheel for the given project

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

whey [OPTIONS] [PROJECT]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does whey actually do? it builds a wheel for the given project, bestie. that's the whole vibe. and here's the receipts:

  • supports PEP 621 metadata. 👑
  • can be used as a PEP 517 build backend. slay.
  • creates PEP 427 wheels. periodt.
  • handles type hint files (py.typed and *.pyi stubs). it's giving type safety 💅
  • is distributed under the MIT License. free, open, iconic.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

every single one, no gatekeeping, fr fr:

  • -s, --sdist — Build a source distribution.
  • -w, --wheel — Build a wheel.
  • -b, --binary — Build a binary distribution.
  • -B, --builder <BUILDER> — The builder to build with. pick your fighter 🥊
  • --build-dir <DIRECTORY> — The temporary build directory. where the mess lives temporarily 🧚
  • -o, --out-dir <DIRECTORY> — The output directory. where the finished slay goes 🎀
  • -v, --verbose — Enable verbose output. it will yap. and you WILL read it. 😭
  • -S, --show-builders — Show the builders which will be used, and exit. a lil peek behind the curtain 🫣
  • --colour, --no-colour — Whether to use coloured output. rainbows or no rainbows, your call 🌈
  • -T, --traceback — Show the complete traceback on error. the full tea when things go wrong 💀
  • --version — Show the version and exit.
  • -h, --help — Show this message and exit. (hi, that's this one, you're here 👋)

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Written by Dominic Davis-Foste <dominic@davis-foster.co.uk>

This manual page was written by Josenison F. da Silva <nilsonfsilva@hotmail.com> and Bo YU <tsu.yubo@gmail.com> for the Debian project (but may be used by others). 🫶

and that's the whole page bestie, no notes. this version is 0.1.1, dated 04 May 2025 — go build something cute with it. 💖✨🦋

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