put the version into the .spec automatically

.gitignore

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ __pycache__
 MANIFEST
 build
 dist
+ligo-segments.spec
 glue/git_version.py
 src/conf/s6_db2/*.sql
 /docs/_build

MANIFEST.in

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ include LICENSE MANIFEST.in
 include src/*.c
 include src/*.h
 include ligo-segments.spec
+include ligo-segments.spec.in
 include debian/*
 include debian/source/*
 include test/*

ligo-segments.spec → ligo-segments.spec.in

 %global srcname  ligo-segments
 
 Name:           %{srcname}
-Version:        1.0.0
+Version:        @VERSION@
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Representations of semi-open intervals
 

setup.py

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ def find_version(path):
 		raise RuntimeError("'%s': unable to find __version__ string" % path)
 	return version_match.group(1)
 
+version = find_version(os.path.join('ligo', 'segments.py'))
+
+# transform ligo-segments.spec.in to ligo-segments.spec
+open("ligo-segments.spec", "w").writelines([line.replace("@VERSION@", version) for line in open("ligo-segments.spec.in")])
+
 # declare dependencies
 setup_requires = ['setuptools']
 cmdclass = {}
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ if {'build_sphinx'}.intersection(sys.argv):
 # run setup
 setup(
 	name = 'ligo-segments',
-	version = find_version(os.path.join('ligo', 'segments.py')),
+	version = version,
 	description = 'Representations of semi-open intervals',
 	author = 'Kipp Cannon',
 	author_email = 'kipp.cannon@ligo.org',