move version into pyproject.toml

RELEASE.rst

@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ The same branch is used for the release candidate and the final release.
 In the end, the release branch is merged into the main branch.
 
 Update the version to the release candidate with the first being ``rc1`` (as opposed to 0).
-In ``src/towncrier/_version.py`` the version is set using a PEP440 compliant string:
+In ``pyproject.toml`` the version is set using a PEP440 compliant string:
 
-    __version__ = "19.9.0rc1"
+    version = "19.9.0rc1"
 
 Run ``venv/bin/towncrier build --yes`` to generate the news release NEWS file.
 Commit and push to the primary repository, not a fork.
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ Final release
 Once the PR is approved, you can trigger the final release.
 
 Update the version to the final version.
-In ``src/towncrier/_version.py`` the version is set using a PEP440 compliant string:
+In ``pyproject.toml`` the version is set using a PEP440 compliant string:
 
-    __version__ = "19.9.0"
+    version = "19.9.0"
 
 Manually update the `NEWS.rst` file to include the final release version and date.
 Usually it will look like this.
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ Similar to the release candidate, with the difference:
 No need for another review request.
 
 Update the version to the development version.
-In ``src/towncrier/_version.py`` the version is set using a PEP440 compliant string:
+In ``pyproject.toml`` the version is set using a PEP440 compliant string:
 
-    __version__ = "19.9.0.dev0"
+    version = "19.9.0.dev0"
 
 Commit and push the changes.
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 
 [project]
-dynamic = ["version"]
 name = "towncrier"
+# For dev   - 23.11.0.dev0
+# For RC    - 23.11.0rc1  (release candidate starts at 1)
+# For final - 23.11.0
+# make sure to follow PEP440
+version = "24.7.2.dev0"
 description = "Building newsfiles for your project."
 readme = "README.rst"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -55,12 +59,6 @@ Tests = "https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/actions?query=branch%3Atrunk"
 Coverage = "https://codecov.io/gh/twisted/towncrier"
 Distribution = "https://pypi.org/project/towncrier"
 
-
-[tool.hatch.version]
-source = "code"
-path = "src/towncrier/_version.py"
-expression = "_hatchling_version"
-
 [tool.hatch.build]
 exclude = [
     "admin",

src/towncrier/__init__.py

@@ -4,27 +4,3 @@
 """
 towncrier, a builder for your news files.
 """
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-
-__all__ = ["__version__"]
-
-
-def __getattr__(name: str) -> str:
-    if name != "__version__":
-        raise AttributeError(f"module {__name__} has no attribute {name}")
-
-    import warnings
-
-    from ._version import __version__
-
-    warnings.warn(
-        "Accessing towncrier.__version__ is deprecated and will be "
-        "removed in a future release. Use importlib.metadata directly "
-        "to query for towncrier's packaging metadata.",
-        DeprecationWarning,
-        stacklevel=2,
-    )
-
-    return __version__

src/towncrier/_project.py

@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import contextlib
+import importlib
 import sys
 
 from importlib import import_module
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError
 from importlib.metadata import version as metadata_version
 from types import ModuleType
 
@@ -67,6 +69,10 @@ def get_version(package_dir: str, package: str) -> str:
     if version := _get_metadata_version(package):
         return version
 
+    with contextlib.suppress(PackageNotFoundError):
+        if version := importlib.metadata.version(package):
+            return version
+
     # When no version if found, fall back to looking for the package in `package_dir`.
     module = _get_package(package_dir, package)
     version = getattr(module, "__version__", None)

src/towncrier/_shell.py

@@ -11,15 +11,14 @@
 
 import click
 
-from ._version import __version__
 from .build import _main as _build_cmd
 from .check import _main as _check_cmd
 from .click_default_group import DefaultGroup
 from .create import _main as _create_cmd
 
 
 @click.group(cls=DefaultGroup, default="build", default_if_no_args=True)
-@click.version_option(__version__)
+@click.version_option()
 def cli() -> None:
     """
     Towncrier is a utility to produce useful, summarised news files for your project.