version.py

"""
automatically maintains the latest git tag + revision info in a python file

"""

import importlib.machinery
import os
import subprocess


def get_project_version(version_file: str) -> str:
    version_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), version_file)
    try:
        module = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader("version", version_file).load_module()
        file_ver = module.__version__
    except:  # pylint: disable=bare-except
        file_ver = None

    try:
        proc = subprocess.Popen(
            ["git", "describe", "--always"],
            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
        )
        stdout, _ = proc.communicate()
        if stdout:
            git_ver = stdout.splitlines()[0].strip().decode("utf-8")
            if git_ver and ((git_ver != file_ver) or not file_ver):
                open(version_file, "w").write("__version__ = '%s'\n" % git_ver)
                return git_ver
    except OSError:
        pass

    if not file_ver:
        raise Exception("version not available from git or from file %r" % version_file)

    return file_ver


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import sys

    get_project_version(sys.argv[1])