Corrected version acquisition.

cookiecutter.json

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
     "year": "2015",
     "version": "0.1.0",
     "_copy_without_render": [
-        "_templates/layout.html"
+        "layout.html"
     ]
 }

setup.py

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import ast
+import re
 import sys
 import io
 from os.path import dirname
 from os.path import join
+from os import path
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 from setuptools.command.test import test as test_command
@@ -15,10 +18,25 @@
 
 __license__ = 'MIT'
 
+# Regular expression for the version
+_version_re = re.compile(r'__version__\s+=\s+(.*)')
 
 # Test requirements
 _tests_require = ['tox']
 
+# Path to the project's root
+here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+
+# Gets the long description from the readme
+with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+# Gets the version for the source folder __init__.py file
+with open('cwr/__init__.py', 'rb', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    version = f.read()
+    version = _version_re.search(version).group(1)
+    version = str(ast.literal_eval(version.rstrip()))
+
 
 # Gets the long description from the readme
 def read(*names, **kwargs):

{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/docs/source/conf.py

@@ -7,9 +7,26 @@
 import re
 import sys
 import os
-import datetime
 from codecs import open
+from os import path
 
+# -- Version --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Regular expression for the version
+_version_re = re.compile(r'__version__\s+=\s+(.*)')
+
+# Path to the project's root
+here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
+
+# Gets the long description from the readme
+with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+# Gets the version for the source folder __init__.py file
+with open('cwr/__init__.py', 'rb', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    version_lib = f.read()
+    version_lib = _version_re.search(version_lib).group(1)
+    version_lib = str(ast.literal_eval(version_lib.rstrip()))
 
 # -- Code location --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -50,7 +67,7 @@
 # The version info for the project.
 #
 # Semantic version value.
-version = {{ cookiecutter.package_name }}.__version__
+version = version_lib
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = version