egg-info
Domain: Python Packaging
🎯 Motivation
A metadata directory created by setuptools during install. It records the package name, version, and entry points for the installer.
📋 Concrete Example
After pip install -e . you see mypkg.egg-info/ containing PKG-INFO, entry_points.txt, and SOURCES.txt.
🔗 Analogy
egg-info is a packing slip tucked inside the box — it lists contents so the receiver knows what arrived.