combine try catch for EntryPoint with entry_points

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/setuptools_scm/_entrypoints.py b/src/setuptools_scm/_entrypoints.py
index 4f4ba8b..358a91f 100644
--- a/src/setuptools_scm/_entrypoints.py
+++ b/src/setuptools_scm/_entrypoints.py
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ def _version_from_entrypoints(
 
 try:
     from importlib.metadata import entry_points  # type: ignore
+    from importlib.metadata import EntryPoint
 except ImportError:
     try:
         from importlib_metadata import entry_points
+        from importlib_metadata import EntryPoint
     except ImportError:
         from collections import defaultdict
 
@@ -60,6 +62,11 @@ except ImportError:
             return defaultdict(list)
 
 
+        class EntryPoint:
+            def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+                pass  # entry_points() already provides the warning
+
+
 def iter_entry_points(
     group: str, name: str | None = None
 ) -> Iterator[_t.EntrypointProtocol]:
@@ -85,10 +92,6 @@ def _get_ep(group: str, name: str) -> Any | None:
 
 def _get_from_object_reference_str(path: str) -> Any | None:
     try:
-        from importlib.metadata import EntryPoint
-    except ImportError:
-        from importlib_metadata import EntryPoint
-    try:
         return EntryPoint(path, path, None).load()
     except (AttributeError, ModuleNotFoundError):
         return None