automatically using package version at runtime

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -22,17 +22,6 @@ examples:
   script:
     - python tests.py -v
 
-verify_tag:
-  stage: test
-  before_script:
-    - *pip_install_default
-  script:
-    - CHECKED_VERSION=`python -c "import ess;print(ess.__version__)"`
-    - echo "${CHECKED_VERSION} - ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"
-    - if [ "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}" == "${CHECKED_VERSION}" ];then exit 0;else exit 1;fi
-  only:
-    - tags
-
 pages:
   stage: deploy
   script:

ess/__init__.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from . import installed
 from . import lib_tw
 from . import fieldmap
 from .nextcloud import nextcloud
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
 
 __all__ = [
     "fieldmap",
@@ -13,4 +14,11 @@ __all__ = [
     "ttf.py",
     "nextcloud",
 ]
-__version__ = "2.10.4"
+
+__name__ = "ess-python-tools"
+
+try:
+    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
+except DistributionNotFound:
+    # package is not installed
+    pass