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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (C) 2009 W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+"""
+Store version info for this BE installation. By default, use the
+bzr-generated information in _version.py, but allow manual overriding
+by setting _VERSION. This allows support of both the "I don't want to
+be bothered setting version strings" and the "I want complete control
+over the version strings" workflows.
+"""
+
+import libbe._version as _version
+
+# Manually set a version string (optional, defaults to bzr revision id)
+#_VERSION = "1.2.3"
+
+def version(verbose=False):
+ """
+ Returns the version string for this BE installation. If
+ verbose==True, the string will include extra lines with more
+ detail (e.g. bzr branch nickname, etc.).
+ """
+ if "_VERSION" in globals():
+ string = _VERSION
+ else:
+ string = _version.version_info["revision_id"]
+ if verbose == True:
+ string += ("\n"
+ "revision: %(revno)d\n"
+ "nick: %(branch_nick)s\n"
+ "revision id: %(revision_id)s"
+ % _version.version_info)
+ return string
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ print version(verbose=True)