Imported classes within module cause WARNING: xxx specified for inheritance diagram is not a class or module

[NichtJens]

I am having a problem in a larger project, but tried to condense it to a minimal example:

With the following setup

.
└── lib
    ├── __init__.py
    └── something.py

__init__.py:

from .something import Something

something.py:

class Base:
    pass

class Something(Base):
    pass

I am getting

WARNING: lib.Something specified for inheritance diagram is not a class or module

Importing the class to one level above has the goal to condense the user-facing parts to a more concise API, this is currently a bit subverted since the imported classes are then not fully documented, only the originals are. And the warning is a bit misleading...

[AWhetter]

Having a look at the code, the directive isn't looking for imported classes, only strict definitions:

sphinx-autoapi/autoapi/inheritance_diagrams.py

Lines 39 to 47 in efe815c

	if isinstance(target, astroid.ClassDef):
	return [target]
	if isinstance(target, astroid.Module):
	classes = []
	for child in target.children:
	if isinstance(child, astroid.ClassDef):
	classes.append(child)
	return classes

We should be able to get it to follow imports as well.

[NichtJens]

Perfect! Thank you :)