use pkg_resources instead

Author: Xiaojieqiu

dynamo/__init__.py

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 """Mapping Vector Field of Single Cells
 """
 
-from .get_version import get_version
+# from .get_version import get_version, get_dynamo_version
+#
+# __version__ = get_version(__file__)
+# del get_version
 
-__version__ = get_version(__file__)
-del get_version
+from .get_version import get_dynamo_version
+
+__version__ = get_dynamo_version()
 
 from . import pp
 from . import est

dynamo/get_version.py

@@ -158,10 +158,18 @@ def get_version(package: Union[Path, str]) -> str:
         get_version_from_dirname(name, parent)
         or get_version_from_git(parent)
         or get_version_from_metadata(name, parent)
-        or "0.0.0"
+        or get_dynamo_version()
     )
 
 
+def get_dynamo_version():
+    import pkg_resources
+
+    _package_name = "dynamo-release"
+    _package = pkg_resources.working_set.by_key[_package_name]
+    return _package.version
+
+
 def get_all_dependencies_version(display=True):
     """
     Adapted from answer 2 in