__version__ = "4.0b1" __build__ = "GIT_COMMIT" try: import logging import subprocess import os FNULL = open(os.devnull, 'w') git_revision = subprocess.check_output(['git describe --tags'], #git_revision = subprocess.check_output(['pwd'], stderr=FNULL, shell=True) __build__ = str(git_revision).strip() except subprocess.CalledProcessError as cpe: logging.warning("Error while determining build number\n Using command:\n %s \n Output:\n %s"% (cpe.cmd,cpe.output))