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Expand Up @@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ What, specifically, does Flit make easy?

- ``flit init`` helps you set up the information Flit needs about your
package.
- Subpackages are automatically included: you only need to specify the
top-level package.
- Import packages in subfolders are automatically included: specify only the
top-level import package (for example, ``django``), and Flit includes
subpackages such as ``django.db`` and ``django.db.models.sql``.
- Data files within a package directory are automatically included.
Missing data files has been a common packaging mistake with other tools.
- The version number is taken from your package's ``__version__`` attribute,
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