setup.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import subprocess
from setuptools import setup, find_packages
import os


def git_version():
    def _minimal_ext_cmd(cmd):
        # construct minimal environment
        env = {}
        for k in ['SYSTEMROOT', 'PATH']:
            v = os.environ.get(k)
            if v is not None:
                env[k] = v
        # LANGUAGE is used on win32
        env['LANGUAGE'] = 'C'
        env['LANG'] = 'C'
        env['LC_ALL'] = 'C'
        out = subprocess.Popen(
            cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, env=env).communicate()[0]
        return out

    try:
        out = _minimal_ext_cmd(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'])
        GIT_REVISION = out.strip().decode('ascii')
    except OSError:
        GIT_REVISION = ""

    return GIT_REVISION


def getVersion(version, release=True):
    if os.path.exists('.git'):
        _git_version = git_version()[:7]
    else:
        _git_version = ''
    if release:
        return version
    else:
        return version + '-dev.' + _git_version

setup(name='pymks',
      version=getVersion('0.2.3', release=True),
      description='Materials Knowledge Systems in Python (PyMKS)',
      author='David Brough, Daniel Wheeler',
      author_email='david.brough.0416@gmail.com',
      url='http://pymks.org',
      packages=find_packages(),
      package_data={'': ['tests/*.py']},
      )