From 2f9393bfc413b20b979cd19d65e5831406cf6454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederik Kratzert <f.kratzert@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 13:27:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add dynamic linking of version number to setup.py

---
 rivretrieve/__about__.py | 1 +
 setup.py                 | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 rivretrieve/__about__.py

diff --git a/rivretrieve/__about__.py b/rivretrieve/__about__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a68927d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rivretrieve/__about__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.1.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0c48db9..10c0cbe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@
 with open("requirements.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
     requirements = f.read().splitlines()
 
+about = {}
+with open("rivretrieve/__about__.py", "r") as fp:
+    exec(fp.read(), about)
+
 setup(
     name="rivretrieve",
-    version="0.1.0",
+    version=about["__version__"],
     author="RivRetrieve Python Contributors",
     author_email="f.kratzert@gmail.com",  # Replace with a valid email
     description="A Python package for retrieving global river gauge data.",

From d143c9f9a310ed3be0e70800d756ad9bb58d13b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederik Kratzert <f.kratzert@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 13:29:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Formatting

---
 rivretrieve/__about__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rivretrieve/__about__.py b/rivretrieve/__about__.py
index a68927d..3dc1f76 100644
--- a/rivretrieve/__about__.py
+++ b/rivretrieve/__about__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = "0.1.0"