setup.py sdist: store version into the archive

MANIFEST.in

@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ recursive-include passerelle/register/templates *.html
 recursive-include passerelle/static *
 recursive-include passerelle/apps/makorepost/templates.mako *.mako
 recursive-include passerelle/apps/solis/templates.mako *.mako
+
+include LICENSE
+include VERSION

setup.py

@@ -1,17 +1,41 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
 import os
 import subprocess
 
+from distutils.command.sdist import sdist
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
 VERSION='0.1'
 
 def get_version():
+    if os.path.exists('VERSION'):
+        version_file = open('VERSION', 'r')
+        version = version_file.read()
+        version_file.close()
+        return version
     if os.path.exists('.git'):
         p = subprocess.Popen(['git','describe','--dirty'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         result = p.communicate()[0]
         return result.split()[0].replace('-','.')
     return VERSION
 
+
+class eo_sdist(sdist):
+
+    def run(self):
+        print "creating VERSION file"
+        if os.path.exists('VERSION'):
+            os.remove('VERSION')
+        version = get_version()
+        version_file = open('VERSION', 'w')
+        version_file.write(version)
+        version_file.close()
+        sdist.run(self)
+        print "removing VERSION file"
+        if os.path.exists('VERSION'):
+            os.remove('VERSION')
+
 setup(name='passerelle',
         version=get_version(),
         license='AGPLv3',
@@ -31,4 +55,5 @@ setup(name='passerelle',
         dependency_links = [
             'http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/django-jsonresponse/django-jsonresponse-0.5.tar.gz',
         ],
+        cmdclass={'sdist': eo_sdist},
 )