From 309b6373180a2320a23eecfdb8609c7746eda8a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Praneeth Kodumagulla <64239307+praneethhere@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 07:36:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] BUG: exclude __pycache__ directories from wheels (#31397)

---
 numpy/meson.build | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/numpy/meson.build b/numpy/meson.build
index 45d5a2b52eb8..36694ef4efd8 100644
--- a/numpy/meson.build
+++ b/numpy/meson.build
@@ -363,13 +363,28 @@ else
 endif
 
 foreach subdir: pure_subdirs
-  install_subdir(subdir, install_dir: np_dir, install_tag: 'python-runtime', exclude_directories: ['tests'])
+  install_subdir(
+    subdir,
+    install_dir: np_dir,
+    install_tag: 'python-runtime',
+    exclude_directories: ['tests', '__pycache__']
+  )
   if fs.is_dir(subdir/'tests')
-    install_subdir(subdir/'tests', install_dir: np_dir/subdir, install_tag: 'tests')
+    install_subdir(
+      subdir/'tests',
+      install_dir: np_dir/subdir,
+      install_tag: 'tests',
+      exclude_directories: ['__pycache__']
+    )
   endif
 endforeach
 
-install_subdir('tests', install_dir: np_dir, install_tag: 'tests')
+install_subdir(
+  'tests',
+  install_dir: np_dir,
+  install_tag: 'tests',
+  exclude_directories: ['__pycache__']
+)
 
 compilers = {
   'C': cc,