🗃️ Dynamically read/write from VERSION file

This file will be written upon the execution of the `build_py` command class and will not be included in the source distribution directly.

.gitignore

@@ -181,3 +181,6 @@ hugo/binaries/*
 
 # Hugo builder cache
 hugo_cache/
+
+# Hugo version file
+hugo/VERSION

hugo/cli.py

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 from sys import argv
 from sys import platform as sysplatform
 
-HUGO_VERSION = "0.124.1"
+with open(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "VERSION")) as f:  # noqa: PTH123, PTH120, PTH118
+    HUGO_VERSION = f.read().strip()
 
 FILE_EXT = ".exe" if sysplatform == "win32" else ""
 

setup.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py
 from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
 
-# Has to be kept in sync with the version in hugo/cli.py
 HUGO_VERSION = "0.124.1"
 HUGO_RELEASE = (
     f"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/archive/refs/tags/v{HUGO_VERSION}.tar.gz"
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@
     + FILE_EXT
 )
 
-
 class HugoWriter(build_py):
     """
     A custom pre-installation command that writes the version of Hugo being built
@@ -73,6 +71,27 @@ def run(self) -> None:
         super().run()
 
 
+class HugoWriter(build_py):
+    """
+    A custom pre-installation command that writes the version of Hugo being built
+    to hugo/VERSION so that the version is available to read at runtime.
+    """
+
+    def initialize_options(self) -> None:
+        return super().initialize_options()
+
+    def finalize_options(self) -> None:
+        return super().finalize_options()
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        """Write the version of Hugo being built to hugo/VERSION."""
+        with open("hugo/VERSION", "w") as version_file:  # noqa: PTH123
+            version_file.write(HUGO_VERSION)
+            version_file.write("\n")
+
+        super().run()
+
+
 class HugoBuilder(build_ext):
     """
     Custom extension command that builds Hugo from source, placing the binary into
@@ -356,6 +375,7 @@ def run(self):
         )
     ],
     cmdclass={
+        "build_py": HugoWriter,
         "build_ext": HugoBuilder,
         "clean": Cleaner,
         "bdist_wheel": HugoWheel,