Define the version in version.py

setup.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 release_status = "Development Status :: 4 - Beta"
 
 package_root = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-with open(os.path.join(package_root, "sqlalchemy_bigquery", "__init__.py")) as f:
+with open(os.path.join(package_root, "sqlalchemy_bigquery", "version.py")) as f:
     version = re.search('__version__ = "([^\"]+)"', f.read()).group(1)
 
 

sqlalchemy_bigquery/__init__.py

@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 # COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
 # IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 # CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-__version__ = "1.0.0a1"
+from .version import __version__
 
 from .base import BigQueryDialect
 from .base import (

sqlalchemy_bigquery/version.py

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2021 The sqlalchemy-bigquery Authors
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+# this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+# the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+# use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+# the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+# subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+# COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+# IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+# CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+__version__ = "1.0.0-a1"