Alias autogenerated references from autodoc

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Imagine I want to import functions or classes directly from the top-level package, i. e. my_package.PublicClass. To keep an internal structure, I don't want to dump everything into __init__.py but rather split the functionality in a _private_module.py and simply import it. From the python perspective this works as intended, but I face problem with the documentation. TL;DR Is there a way to alias the autogenerated link from my_package._private_module.PublicClass to my_package.PublicClass?

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I've created a sample repository for my problem. Still, for completeness, I include the important parts here.

Consider the following python package:

my_package/
├── __init__.py
└── _private_module.py

with the following content:

__init__.py

from ._private_module import *

and

_private_module.py

__all__ = ["PublicClass", "PublicSubclass"]


class PublicClass:
    pass


class PublicSubclass(PublicClass):
    """:class:`my_package.PublicClass`"""
    pass




The documentation is built with the following

index.rst

.. automodule:: my_package

.. autoclass:: PublicClass
.. autoclass:: PublicSubclass
 :show-inheritance:

As you can see in the built documentation the reference in the doc string works fine. The inheritance on the other hand references my_package._private_module.PublicClass which is not only misleading, but also breaks the link to my_package.PublicClass. Thus, I repeat the question from above: Is there a way to replace the autogenerated link from my_package._private_module.PublicClass with links my_package.PublicClass?