import subprocess from collections import namedtuple build = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'])\ .decode() VersionInfo = namedtuple('VersionInfo', 'major minor micro releaselevel build') version_info = VersionInfo( major=3, minor=0, micro=0, releaselevel='alpha', build=build ) __version__ = "v{}.{}.{}"\ .format(version_info.major, version_info.minor, version_info.micro)