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+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2021 PyInstaller Development Team.
+#
+# This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+# License (version 2.0 or later).
+#
+# The full license is available in LICENSE, distributed with
+# this software.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import copy_metadata
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_data_files
+
+# googleapiclient.model queries the library version via
+# pkg_resources.get_distribution("google-api-python-client").version,
+# so we need to collect that package's metadata
+datas = copy_metadata('google_api_python_client')
+# we don't want these cached discovery files and they make the binary HUUUGEEEE
+#datas += collect_data_files('googleapiclient.discovery_cache', excludes=['*.txt', '**/__pycache__'])