It's strange that there isn't built-in support for setting a default, but here are two options which may help you work around it.
Option 1: Probably the simplest solution would be to leave your ~/.pypirc script intact and create shell aliases for your internal and public uploads. This may give you more control over customizing things for your workflow.
Given this .pypirc file:
[distutils]
index-servers =
pypi
internal
[pypi]
repository: http://pypi.python.org/pypi
username: brad
password: <pass>
[internal]
repository: http://localhost:8080
username: brad
password: <pass>
Create some shell aliases (place these definitions in your shell's rcfile, e.g. ~/.bashrc):
alias ppup_internal='python setup.py bdist_egg sdist upload -r internal'
alias ppup_public='python setup.py bdist_egg sdist upload'
Usage:
% ppup_internal
...
running upload
Submitting dist/foo-0.0.0.tar.gz to http://localhost:8080
Server response (200): OK
Option 2: A hack: you can work around the default by patching the default
repository name at the top of your setup.py scripts.
from distutils import config
config.PyPIRCCommand.DEFAULT_REPOSITORY = 'internal'
from setuptools import setup
setup(
name='foo',
...
Output:
% python setup.py sdist upload
...
running upload
Submitting dist/foo-0.0.0.tar.gz to http://localhost:8080
Server response (200): OK
% python setup.py sdist upload -r pypi
...
running upload
Submitting dist/foo-0.0.0.tar.gz to http://pypi.python.org/pypi
Server response (200): OK
Background: If you define the [distutils] key in .pypirc, the upload command defaults to the pypi url when the -r [repo] argument is omitted. The relevant code is in distutils.config.PyPIRCCommand:
class PyPIRCCommand(Command):
DEFAULT_REPOSITORY = 'http://pypi.python.org/pypi'
def _read_pypirc(self):
if os.path.exists(rc):
self.announce('Using PyPI login from %s' % rc)
repository = self.repository or self.DEFAULT_REPOSITORY
realm = self.realm or self.DEFAULT_REALM
The old format of .pypirc expected a [server-login] section, which was far less flexible since it only defines a single target repository. This isn't a workable option since the [pypi] section below will be unusable:
[server-login]
repository: http://localhost:8080
username: brad
password: <pass>
[pypi]
repository: http://pypi.python.org/pypi
username: brad
password: <pass>
Now by default distutils will use this target:
% python setup.py sdist upload
...
running upload
Submitting dist/foo-0.0.0.tar.gz to http://localhost:8080
Server response (200): OK
But you can't access the any other repos: it silently defaults to the [server-login] properties:
% python setup.py sdist upload -r pypi
...
running upload
Submitting dist/foo-0.0.0.tar.gz to http://localhost:8080
Server response (200): OK
