Use setuptools_scm.

authority/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+
+try:
+    __version__ = get_distribution('authority').version
+except DistributionNotFound:
+    # package is not installed
+    pass
+
 LOADING = False
 
 

docs/conf.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+from pkg_resources import get_distribution
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
@@ -46,11 +47,10 @@
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.9'
-
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.9dev'
+release = get_distribution('authority').version
+# The short X.Y version.
+version = '.'.join(release.split('.')[:2])
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

setup.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 setup(
     name='django-authority',
-    version='0.12',
+    use_scm_version=True,
     description=(
         "A Django app that provides generic per-object-permissions "
         "for Django's auth app."
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def read(fname):
         'Framework :: Django',
     ],
     install_requires=['django'],
+    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
     package_data={
         'authority': [
             'fixtures/*.json',