diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a023af1..a10e216 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ truethy-bool = true
 [tool.mypy]
 disable_error_code = []
 
+[tool.pylint."MASTER"]
+ignore = ["src/ebdamame/_version.py"]
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["hatchling>=1.8.0", "hatch-vcs", "hatch-fancy-pypi-readme"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
@@ -86,6 +89,9 @@ source = "vcs"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
 version-file = "src/ebdamame/_version.py"
+template = '''
+version = "{version}"
+'''
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
 exclude = ["/unittests"]
diff --git a/src/ebdamame/_version.py b/src/ebdamame/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/ebdamame/version.py b/src/ebdamame/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef86808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ebdamame/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""
+My Module Docstring for version module.
+"""
+
+# file generated by setuptools_scm
+# don't change, don't track in version control
+TYPE_CHECKING = False
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import Tuple, Union
+
+    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
+else:
+    VERSION_TUPLE = object
+
+version: str
+__version__: str
+__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
+version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
+
+__version__ = version = "0.1.6.dev28+gd2fbd24"
+__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 1, 6, "dev28", "gd2fbd24")