setup.py

from setuptools import setup, find_packages

def get_git_version():
 """
 Use git describe to get version based on git tag.
 """
 from subprocess import check_output
 output = check_output(['git', 'describe', '--dirty',]).decode()
 version = output[:-1] # had trailing newline
 return version

setup(name='utils',
 version=get_git_version(),
 description='Utils',
 author='Achim Randelhoff',
 packages=find_packages(),
 install_requires=[
 ],
 )