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+import os
+import os.path as osp
+import platform
+import shutil
+import sys
+import warnings
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+
+def readme():
+    with open('README.md', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        content = f.read()
+    return content
+
+
+version_file = 'mmpose/version.py'
+
+
+def get_version():
+    with open(version_file, 'r') as f:
+        exec(compile(f.read(), version_file, 'exec'))
+    import sys
+
+    # return short version for sdist
+    if 'sdist' in sys.argv or 'bdist_wheel' in sys.argv:
+        return locals()['short_version']
+    else:
+        return locals()['__version__']
+
+
+def parse_requirements(fname='requirements.txt', with_version=True):
+    """Parse the package dependencies listed in a requirements file but strips
+    specific versioning information.
+
+    Args:
+        fname (str): path to requirements file
+        with_version (bool, default=False): if True include version specs
+
+    Returns:
+        List[str]: list of requirements items
+
+    CommandLine:
+        python -c "import setup; print(setup.parse_requirements())"
+    """
+    import re
+    import sys
+    from os.path import exists
+    require_fpath = fname
+
+    def parse_line(line):
+        """Parse information from a line in a requirements text file."""
+        if line.startswith('-r '):
+            # Allow specifying requirements in other files
+            target = line.split(' ')[1]
+            for info in parse_require_file(target):
+                yield info
+        else:
+            info = {'line': line}
+            if line.startswith('-e '):
+                info['package'] = line.split('#egg=')[1]
+            elif '@git+' in line:
+                info['package'] = line
+            else:
+                # Remove versioning from the package
+                pat = '(' + '|'.join(['>=', '==', '>']) + ')'
+                parts = re.split(pat, line, maxsplit=1)
+                parts = [p.strip() for p in parts]
+
+                info['package'] = parts[0]
+                if len(parts) > 1:
+                    op, rest = parts[1:]
+                    if ';' in rest:
+                        # Handle platform specific dependencies
+                        # http://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#declaring-platform-specific-dependencies
+                        version, platform_deps = map(str.strip,
+                                                     rest.split(';'))
+                        info['platform_deps'] = platform_deps
+                    else:
+                        version = rest  # NOQA
+                    info['version'] = (op, version)
+            yield info
+
+    def parse_require_file(fpath):
+        with open(fpath, 'r') as f:
+            for line in f.readlines():
+                line = line.strip()
+                if line and not line.startswith('#'):
+                    for info in parse_line(line):
+                        yield info
+
+    def gen_packages_items():
+        if exists(require_fpath):
+            for info in parse_require_file(require_fpath):
+                parts = [info['package']]
+                if with_version and 'version' in info:
+                    parts.extend(info['version'])
+                if not sys.version.startswith('3.4'):
+                    # apparently package_deps are broken in 3.4
+                    platform_deps = info.get('platform_deps')
+                    if platform_deps is not None:
+                        parts.append(';' + platform_deps)
+                item = ''.join(parts)
+                yield item
+
+    packages = list(gen_packages_items())
+    return packages
+
+
+def add_mim_extension():
+    """Add extra files that are required to support MIM into the package.
+
+    These files will be added by creating a symlink to the originals if the
+    package is installed in `editable` mode (e.g. pip install -e .), or by
+    copying from the originals otherwise.
+    """
+
+    # parse installment mode
+    if 'develop' in sys.argv:
+        # installed by `pip install -e .`
+        if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+            mode = 'copy'
+        else:
+            mode = 'symlink'
+    elif 'sdist' in sys.argv or 'bdist_wheel' in sys.argv:
+        # installed by `pip install .`
+        # or create source distribution by `python setup.py sdist`
+        mode = 'copy'
+    else:
+        return
+
+    filenames = ['tools', 'configs', 'demo', 'model-index.yml']
+    repo_path = osp.dirname(__file__)
+    mim_path = osp.join(repo_path, 'mmpose', '.mim')
+    os.makedirs(mim_path, exist_ok=True)
+
+    for filename in filenames:
+        if osp.exists(filename):
+            src_path = osp.join(repo_path, filename)
+            tar_path = osp.join(mim_path, filename)
+
+            if osp.isfile(tar_path) or osp.islink(tar_path):
+                os.remove(tar_path)
+            elif osp.isdir(tar_path):
+                shutil.rmtree(tar_path)
+
+            if mode == 'symlink':
+                src_relpath = osp.relpath(src_path, osp.dirname(tar_path))
+                os.symlink(src_relpath, tar_path)
+            elif mode == 'copy':
+                if osp.isfile(src_path):
+                    shutil.copyfile(src_path, tar_path)
+                elif osp.isdir(src_path):
+                    shutil.copytree(src_path, tar_path)
+                else:
+                    warnings.warn(f'Cannot copy file {src_path}.')
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(f'Invalid mode {mode}')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    add_mim_extension()
+    setup(
+        name='mmpose',
+        version=get_version(),
+        description='OpenMMLab Pose Estimation Toolbox and Benchmark.',
+        author='MMPose Contributors',
+        author_email='openmmlab@gmail.com',
+        keywords='computer vision, pose estimation',
+        long_description=readme(),
+        long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+        packages=find_packages(exclude=('configs', 'tools', 'demo')),
+        include_package_data=True,
+        package_data={'mmpose.ops': ['*/*.so']},
+        classifiers=[
+            'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+            'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+            'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+            'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+            'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+            'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+            'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+            'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+            'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
+        ],
+        url='https://github.com/open-mmlab/mmpose',
+        license='Apache License 2.0',
+        install_requires=parse_requirements('requirements/runtime.txt'),
+        extras_require={
+            'tests': parse_requirements('requirements/tests.txt'),
+            'build': parse_requirements('requirements/build.txt'),
+            'runtime': parse_requirements('requirements/runtime.txt')
+        },
+        zip_safe=False)