use versioneer

Author: ocefpaf

.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+stdlib_list/_version.py export-subst

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 recursive-include stdlib_list/lists *.txt
 include README.rst
 include LICENSE
+include versioneer.py
+include stdlib_list/_version.py

setup.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# See the docstring in versioneer.py for instructions. Note that you must
+# re-run 'versioneer.py setup' after changing this section, and commit the
+# resulting files.
+
+[versioneer]
+VCS = git
+style = pep440
+versionfile_source = stdlib_list/_version.py
+versionfile_build = stdlib_list/_version.py
+tag_prefix = v
+parentdir_prefix =

setup.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import setuptools
-from stdlib_list._version import __version__
+
+import versioneer
 
 
 try:
@@ -15,10 +16,11 @@
     author='Jack Maney',
     author_email='[email protected]',
     url='https://github.com/jackmaney/python-stdlib-list',
-    version=__version__,
+    version=versioneer.get_version(),
     extras_require={"develop": ["sphinx"]},
     description='A list of Python Standard Libraries (2.6-7, 3.2-6).',
     long_description=long_description,
     include_package_data=True,
-    packages=setuptools.find_packages()
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+    cmdclass=versioneer.get_cmdclass(),
 )

stdlib_list/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-from ._version import __version__
+from ._version import get_versions
+__version__ = get_versions()['version']
+del get_versions
 
 # Import all the things that used to be in here for backwards-compatibility reasons
 from .base import stdlib_list, get_canonical_version, short_versions, long_versions, base_dir, list_dir