Merge 9687905 into c025b9d

.gitattributes

@@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ MANIFEST.in text
 *.png       binary
 *.pptx      binary
 
+brian2/_version.py export-subst

.github/workflows/publish_to_pypi.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python 3.x
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:

MANIFEST.in

@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ exclude *.yml
 exclude .coveragerc
 exclude .gitattributes
 exclude .gitmodules
+include versioneer.py
+include brian2/_version.py

brian2/__init__.py

@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ def _check_dependencies():
 
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 
-__version__ = '2.4.2.dev0'
-__release_date__ = '2020-10-28'
-
 from brian2.only import *
 from brian2.only import test
 
@@ -190,3 +187,7 @@ def _check_caches():
             check_cache(target)
 
 _check_caches()
+
+from ._version import get_versions as _get_versions
+__version__ = _get_versions()['version']
+__release_date__ = _get_versions()['date']