title: Using Parent Directories in Manifest.in
body: <p>I know MANIFEST.in recognizes relative paths. However, can I use relative paths that point to directories outside of the project?</p>
  
  <p>For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/home
      /random_dir
      /python_project
          MANIFEST.in
          setup.py
          /packages
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And then inside MANIFEST.in</p>
  
  <pre><code>graft ../random_dir/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If not, is there an alternative way of including such directories other than just copying and pasting the directory into the project?</p>