Fix publish error

Error seen at https://github.com/mwouts/jupytext/actions/runs/14011438651/job/39231750230
Checking dist/README_with_absolute_links.md: ERROR    InvalidDistribution: Unknown distribution format:
         'README_with_absolute_links.md'

Author: mwouts

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Jupytext ChangeLog
 ==================
 
-1.17.0-dev
+1.17.0rc1
 ----------
 
 **Changed**

pyproject.toml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 authors = [
     { name = "Marc Wouts", email = "[email protected]" },
 ]
-readme = "dist/README_with_absolute_links.md"
+readme = "build/README_with_absolute_links.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",

src/jupytext/version.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Jupytext's version number"""
 
-__version__ = "1.17.0rc0"
+__version__ = "1.17.0rc1"

tools/absolute_links_in_readme.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class AbsoluteLinksInReadme(MetadataHookInterface):
     def update(self, metadata):
         """Process README.md when metadata is being prepared."""
         readme_src_path = Path("README.md")
-        readme_output_path = Path("dist/README_with_absolute_links.md")
+        readme_output_path = Path("build/README_with_absolute_links.md")
         base_url = "https://github.com/mwouts/jupytext/blob/main/"
 
         # Ensure the dist directory exists
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ def replace_link(match):
         new_content = pattern.sub(replace_link, content)
 
         # Write the processed content to the output file
+        output_path.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
         output_path.write_text(new_content, encoding="utf-8")
         print(f"Generated {output_path} with absolute links")