use setuptools_scm

Author: ianhi

mpl_point_clicker/_version.py

@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@
 skip-string-normalization = true
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=6.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "mpl_point_clicker/_version.py"

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-from os import path
-
 from setuptools import setup
 
-# extract version
-path = path.realpath("mpl_point_clicker/_version.py")
-version_ns = {}
-with open(path, encoding="utf8") as f:
-    exec(f.read(), {}, version_ns)
-version = version_ns["__version__"]
-
-setup_args = dict(
-    version=version,
-)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    setup(**setup_args)
+    setup()