release version file functionality

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@
 # Add the parent directory to sys.path to allow imports
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../../'))
 
-with open('./release.txt') as f:
-    version = f.read()
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Get the path to the release.txt file
+release_file = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / 'release.txt'
+
+with open(release_file) as f:
+    version = f.read().strip()
 
 project = 'Consensus'
 copyright = '2024, Ilkka Sipila - Lewisham Council Data Science and Insight team'

setup.py

@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 import shutil
 import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Command
+from pathlib import Path
 
 with open('README.md') as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
-with open('release.txt') as f:
-    version = f.read()
+
+def read_release_version():
+    # Get the path to the release.txt file
+    return (Path(__file__).parent / 'release.txt').read_text().strip()
 
 
 class CleanCommand(Command):
@@ -48,10 +51,10 @@ def package_files(directory):
 
 setup(
     name='Consensus',
-    version=version,
+    version=read_release_version(),
     author='Ilkka Sipila',
     author_email='ilkka.sipila@lewisham.gov.uk',
-    website='https://ilkka-lbl.github.io/Consensus/',
+    url='https://ilkka-lbl.github.io/Consensus/',
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     package_data={