Use autocalver to generate the version number. (#19)

Author: freakboy3742

.gitignore

@@ -209,3 +209,6 @@ cython_debug/
 marimo/_static/
 marimo/_lsp/
 __marimo__/
+
+# Ignore autocalver git log markers.
+git-log-head

docs/config.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ validation:
 
 extra:
   project_name: beeware-docs-tools
+  package_name: beeware-docs-tools
   social:
     - icon: fontawesome/brands/github
       link: https://github.com/beeware

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools==80.9.0",
+    "autocalver",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
+dynamic = ["version"]
 name = "beeware-docs-tools"
-version = "2025.08.15.0"
 description = "Tools for building BeeWare's documentation with a common theme and translations."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">= 3.12"
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyspelling==2.10",
     "python-Levenshtein==0.27.1",
     "PyYAML==6.0.2",
-    "setuptools-scm==9.2.0",
     "translate-toolkit @ git+https://github.com/translate/translate@aa35159f03f53aa536381643dfafbc2a19a24784",
 ]
 
@@ -72,3 +72,10 @@ beeware_docs_tools = [
     "**/*.png",
     "**/*.woff2",
 ]
+
+[tool.autocalver]
+use = true
+log = "git-log-head"
+log_command = "git log -n 1 --date=iso"
+is_main_var = "BUILD_BRANCH_REF"
+is_main_match = ".*/main$"

src/beeware_docs_tools/build_md_translations.py

@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 import subprocess
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace
+from importlib.metadata import metadata
 from pathlib import Path
 import yaml
-from setuptools_scm import get_version
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 
 
 SOURCE_DIR = Path.cwd()
 
-version = get_version(relative_to=SOURCE_DIR / "tox.ini")
-
 
 def parse_args() -> Namespace:
     parser = ArgumentParser()
@@ -81,7 +79,11 @@ def main():
         config_file = yaml.load(
             open(SOURCE_DIR / "docs" / "config.yml"), Loader=yaml.SafeLoader
         )
-        config_file["extra"].update({"version": f"{version}"})
+        try:
+            version = metadata(config_file["extra"]["package_name"])["version"]
+            config_file["extra"]["version"] = version
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
 
         with (temp_md_directory / "config.yml").open(
             "w", encoding="utf-8"

src/beeware_docs_tools/live_serve_en.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import subprocess
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace
+from importlib.metadata import metadata
 from pathlib import Path
 import yaml
-from setuptools_scm import get_version
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 
 # The theme overrides directory in config.yml is relative to the docs directory.
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
 SOURCE_DIR = Path.cwd()
 
-version = get_version(relative_to=SOURCE_DIR / "tox.ini")
-
 
 def parse_args() -> Namespace:
     parser = ArgumentParser()
@@ -72,7 +70,11 @@ def main():
         config_file = yaml.load(
             open(SOURCE_DIR / "docs" / "config.yml"), Loader=yaml.SafeLoader
         )
-        config_file["extra"].update({"version": f"{version}"})
+        try:
+            version = metadata(config_file["extra"]["package_name"])["version"]
+            config_file["extra"]["version"] = version
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
 
         with (temp_md_directory / "config.yml").open(
             "w", encoding="utf-8"