e version file for auto update on release

Co-Authored-By: 4dsherwood <10386643+4dsherwood@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-Authored-By: Bernhard Raml <1769280+SwamyDev@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 3 people

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
+      - name: Determine version from git tag
+        id: version
+        run: echo ::set-output name=tag::${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}
+
+      - name: set version
+        run: |
+          rm ./version.py
+          echo version_number = \"${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}\" > ./version.py
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip

setup.py

@@ -3,17 +3,24 @@
 
 import os
 import codecs
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from setuptools import setup
 
 
 def read(fname):
     file_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)
     return codecs.open(file_path, encoding='utf-8').read()
 
+HERE = Path(__file__).parent
+_version_file_contents = (HERE / "version.py").read_text()
+matched = re.search(r'"(.*)"', _version_file_contents)
+VERSION = matched.group(1) if matched is not None else "UNKNOWN VERSION"
 
 setup(
     name='pytest-approvaltests',
-    version='0.2.3',
+    version=VERSION,
     author='Emily Bache',
     author_email='emily@bacheconsulting.com',
     maintainer='Emily Bache',

version.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version_number = "v5.0.1"