How can I get the version defined in setup.py (setuptools) in my package?

Question

How could I get the version defined in setup.py from my package (for --version, or other purposes)?

Answer 1

deploy package to server and file naming convention for indices packages :

example for pip dynamic version conversion:

• win:

  • test_pkg-1.0.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
  • test_pkg-1.0.0-py3.6-win-amd64.egg

• mac:

  • test_pkg-1.0.0-py3.7-macosx-10.12-x86_64.egg
  • test_pkg-1.0.0-py3.7-macosx-10.12-x86_64.whl
• linux:
  • test_pkg-1.0.0-cp36-cp36m-linux_x86_64.whl

from setuptools_scm import get_version

def _get_version():

     dev_version = str(".".join(map(str, str(get_version()).split("+")[0]\
            .split('.')[:-1])))

    return dev_version

Find the sample setup.py calls the dynamic pip version matching from git commit

setup(
    version=_get_version(),
    name=NAME,
    description=DESCRIPTION,
    long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
    classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,

# add few more for wheel wheel package ...conversion

)