Fix version issue

setup.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 sys.path.append('src')  # Only needed for this project
 from hdx.utilities import CleanCommand, PackageCommand, PublishCommand
 from hdx.utilities.loader import load_file_to_str
+import hdx.utilities
 
 requirements = ['basicauth',
                 'beautifulsoup4',
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
 ]
 
+hdx.utilities.project_version = load_file_to_str(join('src', 'hdx', 'utilities', 'version.txt'), strip=True)
+
 setup(
     name='hdx-python-utilities',
     description='HDX Python Utilities',
     license='MIT',
     url='https://github.com/OCHA-DAP/hdx-python-utilities',
-    version=load_file_to_str(join('src', 'hdx', 'utilities', 'version.txt'), strip=True),
+    version=hdx.utilities.project_version,
     author='Michael Rans',
     author_email='rans@email.com',
     keywords=['HDX', 'utilities', 'library', 'country', 'iso 3166'],

src/hdx/utilities/__init__.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import six
 from setuptools import Command
 
-from hdx.utilities.version import get_utils_version
+project_version = None
 
 
 def raisefrom(exc_type, message, exc):
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ def run(self):
         log.info('Uploading the package to PyPI using twine...')
         os.system('twine upload dist/*')
 
-        log.info('Pushing git tags...')
-        os.system('git tag v{0}'.format(get_utils_version()))
-        os.system('git push --tags')
+        if project_version:
+            log.info('Pushing git tags...')
+            os.system('git tag v{0}'.format(project_version))
+            os.system('git push --tags')
+
         sys.exit()

src/hdx/utilities/version.py

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 """Version utility"""
 import logging
 
+from hdx.utilities.loader import load_file_to_str
 from hdx.utilities.path import script_dir_plus_file
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def get_utils_version():
-    version_file = open(script_dir_plus_file('version.txt', get_utils_version))
-    return version_file.read().strip()
+    return load_file_to_str(script_dir_plus_file('version.txt', get_utils_version), strip=True)

src/hdx/utilities/version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.1
+1.7.2