[ARROW-14972] [Python][Doc] Document automatic partitioning discovery

• Type: Improvement
• Status: In Progress
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Documentation, Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/30494
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Weston Pace
• Created: 02/Dec/21 21:42
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:43

Description

If a dataset is using the hive partitioning scheme the partitioning can be automatically discovered. If it is using the directory partitioning scheme it will not be automatically discovered. This has led to some confusion and should be documented.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #11844