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-setuptools-git-version
-======================
-
-*Automatically set package version from Git.*
-
-
-Introduction
-------------
-
-Instead of hardcoding the package version in ``setup.py`` like:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    setup(
-        name='foobar',
-        version='1.0',
-        ...)
-
-this package allows to extract it from the underlying Git repository:
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
-    setup(
-        name='foobar',
-        version_format='{tag}.dev{commitcount}+{gitsha}',
-        setup_requires=['setuptools-git-version'],
-        ...)
-
-Please ensure that your git repository has at least one `annotated tag <https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Basics-Tagging>`_,
-as ``setuptools-git-version`` will uses tags to determine your current git version. 
-
-Fields
-------
-``setuptools-git-version`` provides three fields as options for the ``version_format`` string:
-
-* ``tag``: The latest tag (probably a release version like ``v1.0.3``) in your repository
-* ``commitcount``: The number of additional commits on top of this tag (e.g. ``13``)
-* ``gitsha``: An abbreviated commit hash of the latest commit in your repository
-
-Implementation Details
-----------------------
-
-``setuptools-git-version`` uses the following git command to obtain commit information:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    git describe --tags --long --dirty
-
-To ensure that ``setuptools-git-version`` is compatible with your project, please ensure this command runs correctly in
-your repository
-
-
-Changes
--------
-
-1.0.4 - 2016-06-22
-++++++++++++++++++
-
-- [feature] allow to build a package using a git-based version without modifying it upfront
-
-1.0.3 - 2015-04-23
-++++++++++++++++++
-
-- [bugfix] rename module to avoid import conflicts
-
-
-1.0.2 - 2015-04-14
-++++++++++++++++++
-
-- [bugfix] make it work with Python 3(.4)
-
-
-1.0.1 - 2015-04-14
-++++++++++++++++++
-
-- brownbag release
-
-
-1.0 - 2015-04-10
-++++++++++++++++
-
-- initial public release
-