Merge pull request #8600 from tk0miya/8132_project_copyright

Close #8132: Add project_copyright confval as an alias of copyright

CHANGES

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Features added
 * #8022: autodoc: autodata and autoattribute directives does not show right-hand
   value of the variable if docstring contains ``:meta hide-value:`` in
   info-field-list
+* #8132: Add :confval:`project_copyright` as an alias of :confval:`copyright`
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------

doc/usage/configuration.rst

@@ -70,9 +70,14 @@ Project information
    The author name(s) of the document.  The default value is ``'unknown'``.
 
 .. confval:: copyright
+.. confval:: project_copyright
 
    A copyright statement in the style ``'2008, Author Name'``.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+
+      As an alias, ``project_copyright`` is also allowed.
+
 .. confval:: version
 
    The major project version, used as the replacement for ``|version|``.  For

sphinx/config.py

@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ class Config:
         # general options
         'project': ('Python', 'env', []),
         'author': ('unknown', 'env', []),
-        'copyright': ('', 'html', []),
+        'project_copyright': ('', 'html', [str]),
+        'copyright': (lambda c: c.project_copyright, 'html', [str]),
         'version': ('', 'env', []),
         'release': ('', 'env', []),
         'today': ('', 'env', []),