use setuptools-git-versioning

gplately/__init__.py

@@ -200,7 +200,17 @@
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "1.3.0"
+
+def get_distribution_version():
+    from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+
+    try:
+        return version(__name__)
+    except PackageNotFoundError:
+        return "UNKNOWN VERSION"
+
+
+__version__ = get_distribution_version()
 REQUIRED_PMM_VERSION = "1.2.0"
 USING_DEV_VERSION = True  ## change this to False before official release
 
@@ -214,16 +224,16 @@
     print()
     print("##########################################################################")
     print(
-        """
+        f"""
         WARNING: 
-        You are using a DEV version GPlately. Some functionalities have not been tested thoroughly.
-        The DEV version may break your code or produce wrong results due to its unstable nature(DEV in progress).
+        You are using a DEV version 👉({__version__})👈 GPlately. Some functionalities have not been tested thoroughly.
+        The DEV version may break your code or produce wrong results due to its unstable nature (DEV in progress).
         You might also need to install the DEV version plate_model_manager 
         from https://github.com/michaelchin/plate-model-manager to use this DEV version GPlately.
 
-        To disable this warning, set USING_DEV_VERSION to False in __init__.py or
+        🚫 To disable this warning, set USING_DEV_VERSION to False in __init__.py or
         set DISABLE_GPLATELY_DEV_WARNING environment variable to true.
-        `export DISABLE_GPLATELY_DEV_WARNING=true`
+        👉`export DISABLE_GPLATELY_DEV_WARNING=true`👈
         """
     )
     print("##########################################################################")

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires      = ["setuptools>=61.0.0", "wheel"]
+requires      = ["setuptools>=61.0.0", "wheel", "setuptools-git-versioning"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.setuptools-git-versioning]
+enabled = true
+
 [project]
 name = "gplately"
 dynamic = ["version"]
@@ -42,8 +45,8 @@ where = ["."]
 exclude = ['*.examples*','*.notebooks*','tests-dir*','Notebooks*', 'scripts*']
 namespaces = true
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = {attr = "gplately.__version__"}
+#[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+#version = {attr = "gplately.__version__"}
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = ["black", "bumpver", "isort", "pip-tools", "pytest"]

tests-dir/unittest/test_plate_model.py

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 from common import MODEL_REPO_DIR
 from plate_model_manager import PlateModelManager
 
+import gplately
+
+print(gplately.__version__)
+print(gplately.__file__)
+
 
 def main():
     pm_manger = PlateModelManager()