diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+include AUTHORS.txt
+include CHANGELOG.rst
+include LICENSE
+include README.md
+
+recursive-include xpdConf/examples *.yaml
+
+recursive-exclude * __pycache__
+recursive-exclude * *.py[co]
+
diff --git a/xpdconf/tests/__init__.py b/xpdconf/tests/__init__.py
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