MNT: internal version from setuptools_scm

.gitignore

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ dist/
 build/
 fastf1.egg-info/
 
+# version info dynamically created by setuptools-scm
+fastf1/_version.py
+
 # temporary testrun directories
 fastf1/tests/testenv/
 fastf1/tests/mpl-results/

fastf1/__init__.py

@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@
 For more information see :ref:`logging`.
 
 """
+try:
+    from . import _version
+except ImportError:
+    _version = None
+
+__version__ = getattr(_version, 'version', 'UNKNOWN')
+
+
 from typing import Dict
 
 from fastf1.events import (get_session,  # noqa: F401
@@ -94,7 +102,6 @@
 from fastf1.logger import set_log_level  # noqa: F401
 
 from fastf1.req import Cache, RateLimitExceededError   # noqa: F401
-from fastf1.version import __version__   # noqa: F401
 
 
 _DRIVER_TEAM_MAPPING: Dict[str, Dict[str, str]] = {

fastf1/ergast/interface.py

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 import json
 from typing import List, Literal, Optional, Union
 
+from fastf1 import __version__
 from fastf1.req import Cache
 import fastf1.ergast.structure as API
-from fastf1.version import __version__
 
 
 import pandas as pd

fastf1/mvapi/api.py

@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 from typing import Optional
 
+from fastf1 import __version__
 from fastf1.mvapi.internals import _logger
 from fastf1.req import Cache
-from fastf1.version import __version__
-
 
 PROTO = "https"
 HOST = "api.multiviewer.app"

pyproject.toml

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ exclude = ["fastf1/testing*"]
 namespaces = false
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "fastf1/_version.py"
 
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 79