_updateversion.py

#!/usr/bin/env/python
# coding=utf-8


import os
import subprocess


_HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))


def updateversion(path=_HERE):

    # Fetch version from git tags, and write to version.py
    # Also, when git is not available (PyPi package), use stored version.py
    version_py = os.path.join(path, 'cabling', 'version.py')
    try:
        version_git = subprocess.check_output(
            ["git", "describe"]
        ).rstrip().decode()

    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
        with open(version_py, 'r') as fh:
            version_git = fh.read().strip().split("=")[-1].replace("'", '')

    version_git = version_git.lower().replace('v', '').replace(' ', '')

    version_msg = "# Do not edit, pipeline versioning governed by git tags!"
    with open(version_py, "w") as fh:
        msg = "{0}__version__ = '{1}'{0}".format(os.linesep, version_git)
        fh.write(version_msg + msg)

    return version_git