From c98d243b841c88ae14df189462e22085b59f5126 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: William Woodruff Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 23:31:01 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] pypirc: stipulate UTF-8 encoding Signed-off-by: William Woodruff --- source/specifications/pypirc.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/specifications/pypirc.rst b/source/specifications/pypirc.rst index aeba72b0d..e2711614d 100644 --- a/source/specifications/pypirc.rst +++ b/source/specifications/pypirc.rst @@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ The :file:`.pypirc` file ======================== +.. important:: + + The :file:`.pypirc` file **SHOULD** be UTF-8 encoded. + + Tools that read or write :file:`.pypirc` files may not function correctly + if another character encoding is used. + A :file:`.pypirc` file allows you to define the configuration for :term:`package indexes ` (referred to here as "repositories"), so that you don't have to enter the URL, username, or password whenever you upload a package with