read version from lib

labsw/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ == '0.1.2'

setup.py

@@ -1,20 +1,29 @@
 
+import os
+import re
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from os import path
 
-# Function to read the requirements from the requirements.txt file
+def read_version(name):
+    with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), name, '__init__.py')) as f:
+        for line in f:
+            match = re.match(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", line)
+            if match:
+                return match.group(1)
+        raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
+
 def parse_requirements(filename):
     with open(filename, 'r') as file:
         return file.read().splitlines()
 
 # Get the long description from the README file
-here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-with open(path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+with open(os.path.join(here, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
 	long_description = f.read()
 
+
 setup(
     name='labsw',
-    version='0.1.0',  # Required
+    version      = read_version('labsw'),
     description='A short description of the project',  # Optional
     long_description=long_description,  # Optional
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',  # Optional (see note above)