Update build version each time code is modified and versioned.

.gitignore

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ nosetests.xml
 DS_Store
 *.sqlite3
 
+VERSION.txt
+
 migrations
 */migrations/*.py
 

setup.py

@@ -30,10 +30,24 @@ except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
 with open("CONTRIBUTORS.txt", "r") as f:
     authors_email = ', '.join(f.readlines())
 
+# Update version when there is a new git commit
+major_minor_version = '0.1'
+package_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+version_path = os.path.join(package_dir, 'VERSION.txt')
+if os.path.exists('.git') and os.path.isdir('.git'):
+    commits = subprocess.check_output([ '/usr/bin/git'
+                                      , 'rev-list'
+                                      , 'HEAD'
+                                      , '--count']).decode('utf-8').strip()
+    with open(version_path, 'w') as f:
+        f.write('{}.{}\n'.format(major_minor_version, commits))
+
+with open(version_path, 'r') as f:
+    version = f.read()
 
 setup(
     name = "cerbere",
-    version = "0.1.1",
+    version = version,
     author = "Felyx Project Collaborators: %s" % authors_email,
     author_email = "jean.francois.piolle@ifremer.fr",
     description = "",