diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2665fac0..c0ece6a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ share/python-wheels/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
-xrspatial/_version.py
 xrspatial/.version
 
-
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
 #  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
@@ -58,19 +56,6 @@ coverage.xml
 *.mo
 *.pot
 
-# Django stuff:
-*.log
-local_settings.py
-db.sqlite3
-db.sqlite3-journal
-
-# Flask stuff:
-instance/
-.webassets-cache
-
-# Scrapy stuff:
-.scrapy
-
 # Sphinx documentation
 docs/_build/
 
@@ -87,23 +72,6 @@ ipython_config.py
 # pyenv
 .python-version
 
-# pipenv
-#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
-#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
-#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
-#   install all needed dependencies.
-#Pipfile.lock
-
-# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
-__pypackages__/
-
-# Celery stuff
-celerybeat-schedule
-celerybeat.pid
-
-# SageMath parsed files
-*.sage.py
-
 # Environments
 .env
 .venv
@@ -113,22 +81,6 @@ ENV/
 env.bak/
 venv.bak/
 
-# Spyder project settings
-.spyderproject
-.spyproject
-
-# PyCharm projects
-.idea/
-
-# Vscode projects
-.vscode/
-
-# Rope project settings
-.ropeproject
-
-# mkdocs documentation
-/site
-
 # mypy
 .mypy_cache/
 .dmypy.json
@@ -140,4 +92,5 @@ dmypy.json
 /test_tiles_output
 *.TIF*
 
+# airspeed velocity
 .asv/
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index ab2c258b..de0116f4 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,48 +1,10 @@
-include *.txt
-include *.md
+recursive-include xrspatial *.py
+recursive-include xrspatial *.nc
+
+include LICENSE.txt
 include xrspatial/.version
 
-graft xrspatial
 graft xrspatial/examples
-graft xrspatial/examples/user_guide
-
-prune docs
-prune *.egg-info
-
-global-exclude *.png
-prune conda.recipe
-prune img
-prune .idea
-
-exclude xrspatial/.DS_Store
-exclude examples/.ipynb_checkpoints/*
-exclude examples/user_guide/.ipynb_checkpoints/*
-exclude xrspatial/_version.py
-exclude xrspatial/.DS_Store
-exclude xrspatial/__pycache__/*
-
-exclude xrspatial/examples/user_guide_idea/*
-exclude xrspatial/tests/.DS_Store
-exclude xrspatial/tests/__pycache__/*
-
-exclude xrspatial/tests/__pycache__/*
-exclude xrspatial/tests/.DS_Store
-
-exclude xrspatial/tests/_qgis_results/__pycache__/*
-exclude tile_idea.py
-exclude *.enc
-exclude .gitignore
-exclude .isort.cfg
-exclude *.dot
-exclude *.gif
-exclude *.svg
-exclude tox.ini
-exclude test_examples_cli.py
-include *.yml
 
-recursive-include examples *.gif
-recursive-include examples *.ipynb
-recursive-include examples *.py
-recursive-include examples *.yml
-recursive-include test_pip_packaging *.py
-recursive-include test_pip_packaging *.sh
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+graft docs
+prune docs/build
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1b16eb83..648b754b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,20 @@ requires = [
 ]
 [tool.check-manifest]
 ignore = [
-    'xrspatial/examples/*',
-    'xrspatial/examples/user_guide/*',
-    'xrspatial/.version',
+    '.appveyor.yml',
+    '.version',
+    'CHANGELOG.md',
+    'CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md',
+    'CONTRIBUTING.md',
+    'Citation-styles.md',
+    'RELEASE.md',
+    'requirements-dev.txt',
+    'requirements.txt',
+    'test_examples_cli.py',
+    'tox.ini',
+    'benchmarks/*',
+    'examples/*',
+    'examples/user_guide/*',
+    'img/*',
+    'test_pip_packaging/*',
 ]
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