Fix dynamic versioning

add fetch-depth to gh workflow

add fetch-depth to gh workflow: v2

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.github/workflows/python-build.yml

@@ -15,10 +15,25 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # this is needed to get the tags
+            # Used to host cibuildwheel
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
+#       - name: Install setuptools_scm and update seuptools
+#         run: pip install setuptools_scm setuptools; pip install --upgrade setuptools
+# 
+#       - name: Get package version from setuptools_scm
+#         run: python -m setuptools_scm
 
       - name: Build wheels
         uses: pypa/[email protected]
 
+      - name: check git status
+        run: git status
+
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cibw-wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ strategy.job-index }}
@@ -28,12 +43,27 @@ jobs:
     name: Build source distribution
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # this is needed to get the tags
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+
+      - name: Install setuptools_scm and update seuptools
+        run: pip install setuptools_scm setuptools; pip install --upgrade setuptools
+
+      - name: Get package version from setuptools_scm
+        run: python -m setuptools_scm; git tag -l
 
       - name: Build sdist
         run: pipx run build --sdist
 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - name: Upload sdist artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cibw-sdist
           path: dist/*.tar.gz

setup.py

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 from Cython.Build import cythonize
+import setuptools_scm
 
+version = setuptools_scm.get_version()
 setup(
-    ext_modules=cythonize("src/fast_edit_distance.pyx")
+    ext_modules=cythonize("src/fast_edit_distance.pyx"),
+    version=version # I have to do this because setuptools_scm doesn't work with Cython (the cythonize function would modify the repo so that the version is not the same as the one in the repo)
 )