Adding Version Control / Numbering (?) to Python Project

Question

With my Java projects at present, I have full version control by declaring it as a Maven project. However I now have a Python project that I'm about to tag 0.2.0 which has no version control. Therefore should I come accross this code at a later date, I won't no what version it is.

How do I add version control to a Python project, in the same way Maven does it for Java?

Answer 1

First, maven is a build tool and has nothing to do with version control. You don't need a build tool with Python -- there's nothing to "build".

Some folks like to create .egg files for distribution. It's as close to a "build" as you get with Python. This is a simple setup.py file.

You can use SVN keyword replacement in your source like this. Remember to enable keyword replacement for the modules that will have this.

__version__ = "$Revision$"

That will assure that the version or revision strings are forced into your source by SVN.

You should also include version keywords in your setup.py file.