Allow to use custom build_ext. See python-versioneer/python-versioneer#232

BenjaminRodenberg · BenjaminRodenberg · commit 496c78c18df3 · 2020-11-19T12:52:28.000+01:00
diff --git a/versioneer.py b/versioneer.py
@@ -1568,7 +1568,9 @@ def run(self):
                 write_to_version_file(target_versionfile, versions)
     cmds["build_py"] = cmd_build_py
 
-    if "setuptools" in sys.modules:
+    if 'build_ext' in cmds:
+        _build_ext = cmds['build_ext']
+    elif "setuptools" in sys.modules:
         from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext as _build_ext
     else:
         from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext as _build_ext
