I have created a simple Python module and want to distribute it with pip. I also want to install a Bash completion file together with the module. I'm installing the module with Python 2.7.1+ and pip 0.8.2.

I have this setup.py:

setup(
    name='jenkinsmon',
    version='0.0.1',
    description='Jenkins Job Monitor',
    long_description=open('README.txt').read(),
    scripts=['bin/jenkinsmon'],
    data_files=[
        ('/etc/bash_completion.d', ['extras/jenkinsmon.completion']),
    ],
    install_requires = [
        'autojenkins',
        'argparse'
    ],
)

Now if I try to install the package with pip install -e ., the Bash completion file never gets installed together with the package. I also tried workarounds by specifying a MANIFEST.in, like described here:

MANIFEST.in:

include extras/jenkinsmon.completion

But this also doesn't help - the completion files won't get installed. What can I do to install the Bash completion files?