Using Parent Directories in Manifest.in
<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>
