setup.py

# This setup.py file serves the only purpose to dynamically create a
# _meta.py file which then is imported from conf.py.

import setuptools
from setuptools import setup
import setuptools.command.install
from distutils import log
from pathlib import Path
import gitprops

version = str(gitprops.get_version())


class meta(setuptools.Command):

    description = "generate meta files"
    user_options = []
    meta_template = '''
version = "%(version)s"
date = "%(date)s"
'''

    def initialize_options(self):
        pass

    def finalize_options(self):
        pass

    def run(self):
        version = self.distribution.get_version()
        log.info("version: %s", version)
        values = {
            'version': version,
            'date': gitprops.get_date().strftime("%e %B %Y").strip(),
        }
        with Path("_meta.py").open("wt") as f:
            print(self.meta_template % values, file=f)


class install(setuptools.command.install.install):
    def run(self):
        self.run_command('meta')
        super().run()


setup(
    version = version,
    url = "https://github.com/rdawg-pidinst/white-paper",
    python_requires = '>= 3.6',
    install_requires = ["setuptools", "git-props"],
    py_modules = [],
    cmdclass = {'meta': meta, 'install': install},
)