Version Definition: The version is now defined only in datafog/__about__.py

Setup.py Integration: The setup.py file now reads the version from __about__.py without importing the package, which avoids circular dependencies during build
GitHub Actions Workflow: The CI/CD workflow has been updated to only modify the version in __about__.py

Author: sidmohan0

.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml

@@ -82,20 +82,34 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate beta version
         id: beta_version
         run: |
-          # Read current version from setup.py
-          CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep -o '__version__ = "[^"]*"' setup.py | cut -d"" -f2)
+          # Read current version from __about__.py (single source of truth)
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep -o '__version__ = "[^"]*"' datafog/__about__.py | sed 's/__version__ = "\(.*\)"/\1/')
           echo "Current version in files: $CURRENT_VERSION"
 
           # Split version into components
-          IFS='.' read -r MAJOR MINOR PATCH_FULL <<< "$CURRENT_VERSION"
+          IFS='.' read -r MAJOR MINOR PATCH_FULL <<< "$CURRENT_VERSION" || true
+
+          # Validate we got valid version components
+          if [[ -z "$MAJOR" || -z "$MINOR" || -z "$PATCH_FULL" ]]; then
+            echo "Error: Could not parse version components from $CURRENT_VERSION"
+            echo "Using default version 0.0.1b1"
+            MAJOR=0
+            MINOR=0
+            PATCH_FULL=1
+          fi
 
           # Handle beta suffix if it exists
           if [[ $PATCH_FULL == *b* ]]; then
             # Extract the numeric part before 'b'
             PATCH_NUM=${PATCH_FULL%%b*}
             # Extract the beta number and increment it
             BETA_NUM=${PATCH_FULL#*b}
-            BETA_NUM=$((BETA_NUM + 1))
+            # Ensure beta number is a valid integer
+            if ! [[ $BETA_NUM =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+              BETA_NUM=1
+            else
+              BETA_NUM=$((BETA_NUM + 1))
+            fi
           else
             # If not already a beta, use the patch number and start with beta1
             PATCH_NUM=$PATCH_FULL
@@ -107,13 +121,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "Generated beta version: $BETA_VERSION"
           echo "version=$BETA_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-          # Update version in setup.py
-          sed -i "s/__version__ = \"[^\"]*\"/__version__ = \"$BETA_VERSION\"/g" setup.py
-
-          # Update version in __about__.py if it exists
-          if [ -f "datafog/__about__.py" ]; then
-            sed -i "s/__version__ = \"[^\"]*\"/__version__ = \"$BETA_VERSION\"/g" datafog/__about__.py
-          fi
+          # Update version in __about__.py (single source of truth)
+          sed -i "s/__version__ = \"[^\"]*\"/__version__ = \"$BETA_VERSION\"/g" datafog/__about__.py
       - name: Build package
         run: python -m build
       - name: Create GitHub Pre-Release
@@ -125,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
           git config user.email github-actions@github.com
 
           # Commit the version changes
-          git add setup.py datafog/__about__.py
+          git add datafog/__about__.py
           git commit -m "Bump version to $BETA_VERSION [skip ci]"
 
           # Create and push tag

setup.py

@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
 with open("README.md", "r") as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-# Use a single source of truth for the version
-__version__ = "4.1.0b4"
+# Read version from __about__.py without importing the package
+# This avoids circular dependencies during build
+about = {}
+with open("datafog/__about__.py", "r") as f:
+    exec(f.read(), about)
+
+__version__ = about["__version__"]
 
 project_urls = {
     "Homepage": "https://datafog.ai",

test_version.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Read version directly from __about__.py
+with open('datafog/__about__.py', 'r') as f:
+    about_content = f.read().strip()
+    about_version = about_content.split('"')[1]  # Simple string split to extract version
+
+print(f"Version in __about__.py: {about_version}")
+
+# Read version from setup.py using the same method setup.py uses
+about = {}
+with open("datafog/__about__.py", "r") as f:
+    exec(f.read(), about)
+
+setup_version = about['__version__']
+print(f"Version extracted by setup.py: {setup_version}")
+
+# Verify they match
+if about_version == setup_version:
+    print("✅ SUCCESS: Single source of truth is working correctly!")
+else:
+    print("❌ ERROR: Versions don't match")