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[docs] Add full pyproject.toml example to dynamic metadata docs #2769

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Expand Up @@ -76,12 +76,20 @@ When the `[project]` section is not present, maturin will populate metadata from

When the `[project]` section is present, maturin will merge metadata from `Cargo.toml` and `pyproject.toml`, `pyproject.toml` takes precedence over `Cargo.toml`.
Per specification, maturin is not allowed to populate fields that are not present in `project.dynamic` list when the `[project]` section is present.
For example, to use the Rust crate version as the Python package version, you need to add `version` to the `project.dynamic` list:
For example, to use the Rust crate version as the Python package version, you need to add `version` to the `project.dynamic` list and so forth:

```toml
[project]
name = "my-awesome-project"
dynamic = ["version"]
dynamic = [
"version",
"description",
"readme",
"urls",
"authors",
"license",
"keywords",
]
```

## Add Python dependencies
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