Replace version information mechansim

For now the version and iformation will be updated using a git hook and nox target. When the project is upgraded to 3.8 we should replace this mechanism by the use of importlib.metadata. see also: * #145 (comment) * python-poetry/poetry#2366 (comment) * #135 (comment)
exasol · Jun 1, 2022 · 4ea0d5e · 4ea0d5e
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diff --git a/sqlalchemy_exasol/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_exasol/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-try:
-    from ._version import version as __version__
-except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
-    __version__ = "unknown"
-
+from version import VERSION
 from sqlalchemy_exasol import base, pyodbc
+__version__ = VERSION
 
 # default dialect
 base.dialect = pyodbc.dialect