Build and test python wheel with github actions (#687)

* try to build with github actions

.github/workflows/build-pip.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a single version of Python
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
+
+name: Build and test the python package
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'releases/**'
+jobs: 
+  build:
+    name: Build whl from source
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python 3.9
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.9
+
+    - name: Install pypa/build
+      run: >-
+        python -m
+        pip install
+        build wheel
+        --user
+
+    - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+      run: |
+        echo `pwd`
+        echo `git log|head -n 50`
+        python setup.py -q sdist bdist_wheel --universal
+
+    - name: Archive production artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: dist-pip-whl
+        path: |
+          dist
+
+  test-the-wheel:
+    name: Install whl and run demo
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Dump GitHub context
+      id: github_context_step
+      run: echo '${{ toJSON(github) }}'
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python 3.9
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.9
+
+    - name: Download the whl
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: dist-pip-whl
+
+    - name: Install tensorboardX from whl
+      run: pip install tensorboardX*.whl
+
+    - name: Install torch torchvision for demo
+      run: pip install torch torchvision
+
+    - name: Print version
+      run: python -c "import tensorboardX; print(tensorboardX.__version__)"
+
+    - name: Run examples
+      run: |
+        cd examples
+        python demo.py
+
+    - name: Archive demo artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: demo-results
+        path: |
+          examples/runs
+
+  upload-to-pypi:
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    name: Upload to pypi if tagged with version
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Dump GitHub context
+      id: github_context_step
+      run: echo '${{ toJSON(github) }}'
+
+        #  upload:
+        #    if: startsWith('github.ref', 'refs/tags/v')
+        #    name: Publish a Python distribution to PyPI test site
+        #    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        #    steps:
+        #    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        #    - name: Set up Python 3.9
+        #      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        #      with:
+        #        python-version: 3.9
+        #
+        #    - name: Install pypa/build
+        #      run: >-
+        #        python -m
+        #        pip install
+        #        build wheel
+        #        --user
+        #
+        #    - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+        #      run: |
+        #        echo `pwd`
+        #        python setup.py -q sdist bdist_wheel --universal
+        #
+        #    - name: Publish to Test PyPI
+        #      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        #      with:
+        #        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TESTSITE }}
+        #        repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+
+
+        #    - name: Publish to Test PyPI
+        #      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        #      with:
+        #        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TESTSITE }}
+        #        repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+        #

setup.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def run(self):
     history = history_file.read()
 
 preparing_PyPI_package = 'sdist' in sys.argv or 'bdist_wheel' in sys.argv
-version_git = version = '2.5.1'
+version_git = version = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'describe', '--always']).decode('ascii').strip()
 
 if not preparing_PyPI_package:
     if os.path.exists('.git'):
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 requirements = [
     'numpy',
+    'packaging',
     'protobuf>=3.8.0,<4',
 ]