Use __version__.py instead of VERSION.txt

.gitignore

@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ exp/
 _extras/
 *.sublime-*
 site/
-jrnl/VERSION.txt
+jrnl/__version__.py

.travis.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ script:
 before_deploy:
   - pip install poetry
   - poetry config http-basic.pypi $PYPI_USER $PYPI_PASS
-  - echo $TRAVIS_TAG > jrnl/VERSION.txt
+  - echo __version__ = \"$TRAVIS_TAG\" > jrnl/__version__.py
   - poetry version $TRAVIS_TAG
   - poetry build
 deploy:

jrnl/__init__.py

@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 
 import os
-
+try:
+    from .__version__ import __version__
+except ImportError:
+    __version__ = "source"
 __title__ = "jrnl"
-__version__ = "source"
-
-version_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "VERSION.txt")
-if os.path.exists(version_path):
-    with open(version_path) as version_file:
-        __version__ = version_file.read()

pyproject.toml

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
 homepage = "https://jrnl.sh"
 repository = "https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl"
-include = ["VERSION.txt"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.7"