use setuptools-scm at build time, instead of install time

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 471ce265..2cf3f3c6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import io
 import re
 import sys
+import textwrap
 
 import setuptools
 
@@ -48,7 +49,17 @@ def main():
         description="virtualenv-based automation of test activities",
         long_description=get_long_description(),
         url="https://tox.readthedocs.org/",
-        use_scm_version=True,
+        use_scm_version={
+            "write_to": "src/tox/version.py",
+            "write_to_template": textwrap.dedent(
+                """
+                 # coding: utf-8
+                 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+                 __version__ = {version!r}
+                 """
+            ).lstrip(),
+        },
         license="http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT",
         platforms=["unix", "linux", "osx", "cygwin", "win32"],
         author="holger krekel",
@@ -59,7 +70,9 @@ def main():
             "console_scripts": ["tox=tox:cmdline", "tox-quickstart=tox._quickstart:main"]
         },
         python_requires=">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*",
-        setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
+        setup_requires=[
+            "setuptools-scm"
+        ],  # needed for https://github.com/pypa/readme_renderer/issues/118
         install_requires=[
             "setuptools  >= 30.0.0",
             "pluggy >= 0.3.0, <1",