Pull version number from Git tag

Author: marvinpfoertner

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Custom ignores
+src/linpde_gp/_version.py
+
 # Python.gitignore
 # from https://github.com/github/gitignore/tree/3bb7b4b767f3f8df07e362dfa03c8bd425f16d32
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ github = "https://github.com/marvinpfoertner/linpde-gp"
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=61",
     "wheel",
+    "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
@@ -65,7 +66,18 @@ package-dir = { "" = "src" }
 include-package-data = true
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = { attr = "linpde_gp.__version__" }
+version = { attr = "linpde_gp._version.version" }
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+local_scheme = "dirty-tag"
+write_to = "src/linpde_gp/_version.py"
+write_to_template = """
+# pylint: skip-file
+# coding: utf-8
+# file generated by setuptools_scm
+# don't change, don't track in version control
+version = \"{version}\"
+"""
 
 ################################################################################
 # Testing Configuration                                                        #

src/linpde_gp/__init__.py

@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@
 
 from . import linalg, typing, utils
 
-__version__ = "0.0.1a1"
+# The library version is generated by `setuptools_scm`
+try:
+    from ._version import version as __version__
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    pass