hatchling can move files around in your Distribution package:
pyproject.toml
1 2 3 4 5 6[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel] include = ["src/arrow_to_knee", "a-folder"] [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.sources] "src/arrow_to_knee" = "arrow_to_knee" "a-folder" = "arrow_to_knee/renamed_folder"