setup.py

from setuptools import find_packages, setup
from typing import List

HYPHEN_E_DOT = '-e .'


def get_requirements(file_path: str) -> List[str]:
    '''This function will return the list of requirements'''
    requiremnts = []
    with open(file_path) as file_obj:
        requirements = file_obj.readlines()
        requirements = [req.replace("\n", " ") for req in requirements]

        if HYPHEN_E_DOT in requirements:
            requirements.remove(HYPHEN_E_DOT)

    return requirements


setup(
    name='mlproject',
    version='0.0.1',
    author='Jules K.Kiayima',
    author_email='kitengekiayima@gmail.com',
    packages=find_packages(),
    install_requires=get_requirements('requirements.txt')
)