Release is a git tag#

For example, current repo state is:

commit 86269212 Release commit (HEAD, master)
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commit e7bdbe51 Another commit
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...
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commit 273c47eb Long long ago
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...

And you want to use git tag as a release number instead of duplicating it in setup.py or other file.

Just install setuptools-git-versioning and then tag the commit with a proper release version (e.g. 1.0.0):

commit 86269212 Release commit (v1.0.0, HEAD, master)
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commit e7bdbe51 Another commit
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...
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commit 273c47eb Long long ago
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...

Your package version is now 1.0.0.

If tag number had v prefix, like v1.0.0, it will be trimmed.

Version number template#

By default, when you try to get current version, you’ll receive version number like 1.0.0.

You can change this template in the config file:

  • setup.py:

    setuptools.setup(
    ...,
    setuptools_git_versioning={
        "template": "2022.{tag}",
    },
)

  • pyproject.toml:

    [tool.setuptools-git-versioning]
template = "2022.{tag}"

In this case, for tag 3.4 version number will be 2021.3.4

Note

If branch name is not PEP 440 compliant, like "release/1.2.3", use tag_formatter option

See also#