Read doc version from bigml.__version__

Author: njwilson

docs/conf.py

@@ -11,12 +11,17 @@
 # All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
 # serve to show the default.
 
-import sys, os
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+# Path to this project
+project_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..')
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
-#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+sys.path.insert(0, project_path)
 
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -48,9 +53,14 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = 'TODO'
+# Read the version from bigml.__version__ without importing the package
+# (and thus attempting to import packages it depends on that may not be
+# installed yet).
+init_py_path = os.path.join(project_path, 'bigml', '__init__.py')
+version = re.search("__version__ = '([^']+)'",
+                    open(init_py_path).read()).group(1)
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = 'TODO'
+release = version
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.