+ setup.py to package it

+ option to display the version
+ importing the version from git metadata

nicobot/bot.py

@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ import os
 import signal
 import sys
 
-
 from .console import ConsoleChatter
 from .jabber import JabberChatter
 from .signalcli import SignalChatter
 from .stealth import StealthChatter
 
 
+# There are other options but this one is the most efficient here
+# https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm#retrieving-package-version-at-runtime
+from .version import version as __version__
+
+
 class Bot:
     """
         Bot foundation
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ class ArgsHelper:
         # Bootstrap options
         parser.add_argument("--config-file", "-c", "--config", dest="config_file", default=self.config_file, help="YAML configuration file.")
         parser.add_argument("--config-dir", "-C", dest="config_dir", default=self.config_dir, help="Directory where to find configuration files by default.")
-        parser.add_argument('--verbosity', '-V', dest='verbosity', default=self.verbosity, help="Log level")
+        parser.add_argument('--verbosity', '-v', dest='verbosity', default=self.verbosity, help="Log level")
         # Chatter-generic arguments
         parser.add_argument("--backend", "-b", dest="backend", choices=['console','jabber','signal'], default=self.backend, help="Chat backend to use")
         parser.add_argument("--input-file", "-i", dest="input_file", default=self.input_file, help="File to read messages from (one per line)")
@@ -96,6 +100,9 @@ class ArgsHelper:
         parser.add_argument('--stealth', dest='stealth', action="store_true", default=self.stealth, help="Activate stealth mode on any chosen chatter")
         # Misc. options
         parser.add_argument("--debug", "-d", action="store_true", dest='debug', default=False, help="Activate debug logs (overrides --verbosity)")
+        # Needs the .git metadata or some variables to be able to return the version, otherwise throws an error
+        # See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm
+        parser.add_argument("--version", "-V", action="version", version=__version__)
 
         return parser
 

nicobot/version.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+# file generated by setuptools_scm
+# don't change, don't track in version control
+version = '0.1.dev58+g75840b0.d20201220'
+version_tuple = (0, 1, 'dev58+g75840b0', 'd20201220')

setup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import setuptools
+
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+def local_scheme(version):
+    return ""
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="nicobot", # Replace with your own username
+    author="nicobo",
+    author_email="nicobo@users.noreply.github.com",
+    description="A collection of 🤟 cool 🤟 chat bots",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/nicolabs/nicobot",
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+    classifiers=[
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+        'Topic :: Communications :: Chat'
+    ],
+    python_requires='>=3.4.2',
+    # TODO This duplicates requirements-build.txt ?
+    setup_requires=['setuptools-scm'],
+    # TODO This duplicates requirements-runtime.txt
+    # Is runnning setup.py enough to replace pip install -r requirements-runtime.txt ?
+    install_requires=[
+        ##### Requirements for signalcli #####
+        'python-i18n',
+        ###### Requirements for transbot #####
+        'python-i18n',
+        # https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/master/
+        'requests',
+        # https://github.com/cvzi/flag
+        'emoji-country-flag',
+        # https://pyyaml.org/wiki/PyYAMLDocumentation
+        'pyyaml',
+        ###### Requirements for jabber #####
+        'slixmpp-omemo',
+    ],
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'askbot=nicobot.askbot:run',
+            'transbot=nicobot.transbot:run',
+        ],
+    },
+    # Extracts version from SCM ; https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/
+    use_scm_version = {
+        "write_to": "nicobot/version.py",
+        # Only enable to upload local versions to test repo
+        # See https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/2019/12/31/setuptools-with-testpypi-error-invalid-version-pep-440/
+        # and https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm#user-content-version-number-construction
+        #"local_scheme": local_scheme,
+    },
+)