Add comment on windows support + switch to shutil

Author: harshil21

README.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from python_mscl import mscl
 
 ### Windows support:
 
-The latest mscl version (v67.0.0) only has a .zip for python 3.11. It is not confirmed if this will work with other python versions.
+The latest mscl version (v67.0.0) only has a .zip for python 3.11. It has been confirmed that it does not work on other python versions (You would get an import error). However the build itself would still go through.
 
 
 ### Versioning system:

hatch_build.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Specifies a hatch build hook to create the wheel for mscl."""
 
 import platform
-import subprocess
+import shutil
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -92,13 +92,25 @@ def initialize(self, version, build_data):
         )
 
         self.app.display_success("Downloaded files successfully.")
-        build_data["artifacts"] = ["_mscl.so", "mscl.py"]
 
         # --- STEP 3: Copy the files ("_mscl.so" & "mscl.py") to the src/mscl/ directory: ---
         # Move from root (i.e. cwd) to src/mscl
-        subprocess.run(["mv", "mscl.py", "src/python_mscl/"], check=True)
+        # Use shutil.move() to move the files.
+
+        self.remove_existing_files(Path("src/python_mscl/"), ["_mscl.so", "_mscl.pyd", "mscl.py"])
+        shutil.move("mscl.py", "src/python_mscl/")
         if platform.system() == "Windows":
-            subprocess.run(["mv", "_mscl.pyd", "src/python_mscl/"], check=True)
+            shutil.move("_mscl.pyd", "src/python_mscl/")
+            build_data["artifacts"] = ["_mscl.pyd", "mscl.py"]
         else:
-            subprocess.run(["mv", "_mscl.so", "src/python_mscl/"], check=True)
+            shutil.move("_mscl.so", "src/python_mscl/")
+            build_data["artifacts"] = ["_mscl.so", "mscl.py"]
+
         self.app.display_success("Moved files to src/python_mscl/ successfully. Building wheel...")
+
+    def remove_existing_files(self, directory: Path, files: list[str]) -> None:
+        """Remove the existing files from the directory."""
+        for file in files:
+            file_path = directory / file
+            if file_path.exists():
+                file_path.unlink()