edit setup.py for 0.1.1 w/PyPI README.md

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 *.pyc
 __pycache__/
+build/*
+dist/*
+pwseqdist.egg-info/
+

setup.py

@@ -7,16 +7,24 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 PACKAGES = find_packages()
 
+
+# read the contents of your README file
+from os import path
+this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
 opts = dict(name='pwseqdist',
             maintainer='Andrew Fiore-Gartland',
             maintainer_email='[email protected]',
             description='Efficiently computes distances between protein sequences',
-            long_description=("""A small package that efficiently computes distances between protein sequences. Can accommodate similarity matrices, sequences of different lengths and custom metrics."""),
+            long_description=long_description,
+            long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
             url='https://github.com/agartland/pwseqdist',
             license='MIT',
             author='Andrew Fiore-Gartland',
             author_email='[email protected]',
-            version='0.1.0',
+            version='0.1.1',
             packages=PACKAGES
            )