setuptools_scm
setuptools_scm handles managing your Python package versions in SCM metadata instead of declaring them as the version argument or in a SCM managed file.
Additionally setuptools_scm provides setuptools with a list of files that are managed by the SCM (i.e. it automatically adds all of the SCM-managed files to the sdist). Unwanted files must be excluded by discarding them via MANIFEST.in.
setuptools_scm support the following scm out of the box:
- git
- mercurial
pyproject.toml usage
The preferred way to configure setuptools_scm is to author settings in a tool.setuptools_scm section of pyproject.toml.
This feature requires Setuptools 42 or later, released in Nov, 2019. If your project needs to support build from sdist on older versions of Setuptools, you will need to also implement the setup.py usage for those legacy environments.
First, ensure that setuptools_scm is present during the project's built step by specifying it as one of the build requirements.
# pyproject.toml
[build-system]
requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"]
Note that the toml extra must be supplied.
That will be sufficient to require setuptools_scm for projects that support PEP 518 (pip and pep517). Many tools, especially those that invoke setup.py for any reason, may continue to rely on setup_requires. For maximum compatibility with those uses, consider also including a setup_requires directive (described below in setup.py usage and setup.cfg).
To enable version inference, add this section to your pyproject.toml:
# pyproject.toml
[tool.setuptools_scm]
Including this section is comparable to supplying use_scm_version=True in setup.py. Additionally, include arbitrary keyword arguments in that section to be supplied to get_version(). For example:
# pyproject.toml
[tool.setuptools_scm]
write_to = "pkg/version.py"
setup.py usage
The following settings are considered legacy behavior and superseded by the pyproject.toml usage, but for maximal compatibility, projects may also supply the configuration in this older form.
To use setuptools_scm just modify your project's setup.py file like this:
- Add
setuptools_scmto thesetup_requiresparameter. - Add the
use_scm_versionparameter and set it toTrue.
For example:
from setuptools import setup
setup(
...,
use_scm_version=True,
setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
...,
)
Arguments to get_version() (see below) may be passed as a dictionary to use_scm_version. For example:
from setuptools import setup
setup(
...,
use_scm_version = {
"root": "..",
"relative_to": __file__,
"local_scheme": "node-and-timestamp"
},
setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
...,
)
You can confirm the version number locally via setup.py:
$ python setup.py --version
Note
If you see unusual version numbers for packages but python setup.py --version reports the expected version number, ensure [egg_info] is not defined in setup.cfg.
setup.cfg usage
If using setuptools 30.3.0 or greater, you can store setup_requires configuration in setup.cfg. However, use_scm_version must still be placed in setup.py. For example:
# setup.py
from setuptools import setup
setup(
use_scm_version=True,
)
# setup.cfg
[metadata]
...
[options]
setup_requires =
setuptools_scm
...
Important
Ensure neither the [metadata] version option nor the [egg_info] section are defined, as these will interfere with setuptools_scm.
You may also need to define a pyproject.toml file (PEP-0518) to ensure you have the required version of setuptools:
# pyproject.toml
[build-system]
requires = ["setuptools>=30.3.0", "wheel", "setuptools_scm"]
For more information, refer to the setuptools issue #1002.
Programmatic usage
In order to use setuptools_scm from code that is one directory deeper than the project's root, you can use:
from setuptools_scm import get_version
version = get_version(root='..', relative_to=__file__)
See setup.py Usage above for how to use this within setup.py.
Retrieving package version at runtime
If you have opted not to hardcode the version number inside the package, you can retrieve it at runtime from PEP-0566 metadata using importlib.metadata from the standard library (added in Python 3.8) or the importlib_metadata backport:
from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
try:
__version__ = version("package-name")
except PackageNotFoundError:
# package is not installed
pass
Alternatively, you can use pkg_resources which is included in setuptools:
from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
try:
__version__ = get_distribution("package-name").version
except DistributionNotFound:
# package is not installed
pass
This does place a runtime dependency on setuptools.
Usage from Sphinx
It is discouraged to use setuptools_scm from Sphinx itself, instead use pkg_resources after editable/real installation:
# contents of docs/conf.py
from pkg_resources import get_distribution
release = get_distribution('myproject').version
# for example take major/minor
version = '.'.join(release.split('.')[:2])
The underlying reason is, that services like Read the Docs sometimes change the working directory for good reasons and using the installed metadata prevents using needless volatile data there.
Notable Plugins
- setuptools_scm_git_archive
-
Provides partial support for obtaining versions from git archives that belong to tagged versions. The only reason for not including it in
setuptools_scmitself is Git/GitHub not supporting sufficient metadata for untagged/followup commits, which is preventing a consistent UX.
Default versioning scheme
In the standard configuration setuptools_scm takes a look at three things:
- latest tag (with a version number)
- the distance to this tag (e.g. number of revisions since latest tag)
- workdir state (e.g. uncommitted changes since latest tag)
and uses roughly the following logic to render the version:
- no distance and clean:
-
{tag} - distance and clean:
-
{next_version}.dev{distance}+{scm letter}{revision hash} - no distance and not clean:
-
{tag}+dYYYYMMDD - distance and not clean:
-
{next_version}.dev{distance}+{scm letter}{revision hash}.dYYYYMMDD
The next version is calculated by adding 1 to the last numeric component of the tag.
For Git projects, the version relies on git describe, so you will see an additional g prepended to the {revision hash}.
Semantic Versioning (SemVer)
Due to the default behavior it's necessary to always include a patch version (the 3 in 1.2.3), or else the automatic guessing will increment the wrong part of the SemVer (e.g. tag 2.0 results in 2.1.devX instead of 2.0.1.devX). So please make sure to tag accordingly.
Note
Future versions of setuptools_scm will switch to SemVer by default hiding the the old behavior as an configurable option.
Builtin mechanisms for obtaining version numbers
- the SCM itself (git/hg)
.hg_archivalfiles (mercurial archives)PKG-INFO
Note
Git archives are not supported due to Git shortcomings
File finders hook makes most of MANIFEST.in unnecessary
setuptools_scm implements a file_finders entry point which returns all files tracked by your SCM. This eliminates the need for a manually constructed MANIFEST.in in most cases where this would be required when not using setuptools_scm, namely:
- To ensure all relevant files are packaged when running the
sdistcommand. - When using include_package_data to include package data as part of the
buildorbdist_wheel.
MANIFEST.in may still be used: anything defined there overrides the hook. This is mostly useful to exclude files tracked in your SCM from packages, although in principle it can be used to explicitly include non-tracked files too.
Configuration parameters
In order to configure the way use_scm_version works you can provide a mapping with options instead of a boolean value.
The currently supported configuration keys are:
| root: | Relative path to cwd, used for finding the SCM root; defaults to |
|---|---|
| version_scheme: | Configures how the local version number is constructed; either an entrypoint name or a callable. |
| local_scheme: | Configures how the local component of the version is constructed; either an entrypoint name or a callable. |
| write_to: | A path to a file that gets replaced with a file containing the current version. It is ideal for creating a Warning Only files with |
| write_to_template: | A newstyle format string that is given the current version as the |
| relative_to: | A file from which the root can be resolved. Typically called by a script or module that is not in the root of the repository to point |
| tag_regex: |
|
| parentdir_prefix_version: | If the normal methods for detecting the version (SCM version, sdist metadata) fail, and the parent directory name starts with This is intended to cover GitHub's "release tarballs", which extract into directories named |
| fallback_version: | A version string that will be used if no other method for detecting the version worked (e.g., when using a tarball with no metadata). If this is unset (the default), setuptools_scm will error if it fails to detect the version. |
| parse: | A function that will be used instead of the discovered SCM for parsing the version. Use with caution, this is a function for advanced use, and you should be familiar with the |
| git_describe_command: | This command will be used instead the default Defaults to the value set by |
To use setuptools_scm in other Python code you can use the get_version function:
from setuptools_scm import get_version
my_version = get_version()
It optionally accepts the keys of the use_scm_version parameter as keyword arguments.
Example configuration in setup.py format:
from setuptools import setup
setup(
use_scm_version={
'write_to': 'version.py',
'write_to_template': '__version__ = "{version}"',
'tag_regex': r'^(?P<prefix>v)?(?P<version>[^\+]+)(?P<suffix>.*)?$',
}
)
Environment variables
| SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION: | when defined and not empty, its used as the primary source for the version number in which case it will be a unparsed string |
|---|---|
| SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION_FOR_${UPPERCASED_DIST_NAME}: | |
when defined and not empty, its used as the primary source for the version number in which case it will be a unparsed string it takes precedence over |
|
| SETUPTOOLS_SCM_DEBUG: | when defined and not empty, a lot of debug information will be printed as part of |
| SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH: | when defined, used as the timestamp from which the |
| SETUPTOOLS_SCM_IGNORE_VCS_ROOTS: | when defined, a |
Extending setuptools_scm
setuptools_scm ships with a few setuptools entrypoints based hooks to extend its default capabilities.
Adding a new SCM
setuptools_scm provides two entrypoints for adding new SCMs:
-
setuptools_scm.parse_scm -
A function used to parse the metadata of the current workdir using the name of the control directory/file of your SCM as the entrypoint's name. E.g. for the built-in entrypoint for git the entrypoint is named
.gitand referencessetuptools_scm.git:parseThe return value MUST be a
setuptools_scm.version.ScmVersioninstance created by the functionsetuptools_scm.version:meta. -
setuptools_scm.files_command -
Either a string containing a shell command that prints all SCM managed files in its current working directory or a callable, that given a pathname will return that list.
Also use then name of your SCM control directory as name of the entrypoint.
Version number construction
-
setuptools_scm.version_scheme -
Configures how the version number is constructed given a
setuptools_scm.version.ScmVersioninstance and should return a string representing the version.Available implementations:
guess-next-dev: Automatically guesses the next development version (default). Guesses the upcoming release by incrementing the pre-release segment if present, otherwise by incrementing the micro segment. Then appends .devN. In case the tag ends with.dev0the version is not bumped and custom.devNversions will trigger a error.post-release: generates post release versions (adds .postN)python-simplified-semver: Basic semantic versioning. Guesses the upcoming release by incrementing the minor segment and setting the micro segment to zero if the current branch contains the string 'feature', otherwise by incrementing the micro version. Then appends.devN. Not compatible with pre-releases.release-branch-semver: Semantic versioning for projects with release branches. The same as guess-next-dev(incrementing the pre-release or micro segment) if on a release branch: a branch whose name (ignoring namespace) parses as a version that matches the most recent tag up to the minor segment. Otherwise if on a non-release branch, increments the minor segment and sets the micro segment to zero, then appends.devN.no-guess-dev: Does no next version guessing, just adds .post1.devN -
setuptools_scm.local_scheme -
Configures how the local part of a version is rendered given a
setuptools_scm.version.ScmVersioninstance and should return a string representing the local version. Dates and times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), because as part of the version, they should be location independent.Available implementations:
node-and-date: adds the node on dev versions and the date on dirty workdir (default) node-and-timestamp: like node-and-datebut with a timestamp of the form{:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}insteaddirty-tag: adds +dirtyif the current workdir has changesno-local-version: omits local version, useful e.g. because pypi does not support it
Importing in setup.py
To support usage in setup.py passing a callable into use_scm_version is supported.
Within that callable, setuptools_scm is available for import. The callable must return the configuration.
# content of setup.py
import setuptools
def myversion():
from setuptools_scm.version import get_local_dirty_tag
def clean_scheme(version):
return get_local_dirty_tag(version) if version.dirty else '+clean'
return {'local_scheme': clean_scheme}
setup(
...,
use_scm_version=myversion,
...
)
Note on testing non-installed versions
While the general advice is to test against a installed version, some environments require a test prior to install,
$ python setup.py egg_info $ PYTHONPATH=$PWD:$PWD/src pytest
Interaction with Enterprise Distributions
Some enterprise distributions like RHEL7 and others ship rather old setuptools versions due to various release management details.
On such distributions one might observe errors like:
:code:setuptools_scm.version.SetuptoolsOutdatedWarning: your setuptools is too old (<12)
In those case its typically possible to build by using a sdist against setuptools_scm<2.0. As those old setuptools versions lack sensible types for versions, modern setuptools_scm is unable to support them sensibly.
In case the project you need to build can not be patched to either use old setuptools_scm, its still possible to install a more recent version of setuptools in order to handle the build and/or install the package by using wheels or eggs.
Code of Conduct
Everyone interacting in the setuptools_scm project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the PSF Code of Conduct.
Security Contact
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