fix rst issues in pip long_description

Author: delgadom

description.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+with open('README.rst') as readme_file:
+    readme = readme_file.read()
+
+with open('HISTORY.rst') as history_file:
+    history = history_file.read()
+
+import re
+
+long_description = re.sub(
+    r':py:[a-z]+:`([^`]+)`',
+    r'``\1``',
+    readme + '\n\n' + history)
+
+long_description = re.sub(
+    r':issue:`([^`]+)`',
+    r'`GH issue #\1 <https://github.com/ClimateImpactLab/climate_toolbox/issues/\1>`_',
+    long_description)
+
+long_description = re.sub(
+    r':pull:`([^`]+)`',
+    r'`GH PR #\1 <https://github.com/ClimateImpactLab/climate_toolbox/pull/\1>`_',
+    long_description)

setup.py

@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@
 """The setup script."""
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
-with open('README.rst') as readme_file:
-    readme = readme_file.read()
-
-with open('HISTORY.rst') as history_file:
-    history = history_file.read()
+from description import long_description
 
 requirements = [
     'Click>=6.0',
@@ -31,7 +26,7 @@
     name='climate_toolbox',
     version='0.1.5',
     description="Tools for climate data wrangling",
-    long_description=readme + '\n\n' + history,
+    long_description=long_description,
     author="Justin Simcock",
     author_email='jsimcock@rhg.com',
     url='https://github.com/ClimateImpactLab/climate_toolbox',