__init__.py

import os
import re
import sys
import traceback
import subprocess

def check_output(*popenargs, **kwargs):
    process = subprocess.Popen(stdout=subprocess.PIPE, *popenargs, **kwargs)
    output, unused_err = process.communicate()
    retcode = process.poll()
    if retcode:
        raise ValueError((retcode, output))
    return output

def _get_version():
    try:
        try:
            return check_output(['git', 'describe', '--always', '--dirty'], cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))).strip()
        except:
            pass
        try:
            return check_output(['git.cmd', 'describe', '--always', '--dirty'], cwd=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))).strip()
        except:
            pass
        
        root_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
        git_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, '.git')
        if os.path.exists(git_dir):
            head = open(os.path.join(git_dir, 'HEAD')).read().strip()
            prefix = 'ref: '
            if head.startswith(prefix):
                path = head[len(prefix):].split('/')
                return open(os.path.join(git_dir, *path)).read().strip()[:7]
            else:
                return head[:7]
        
        dir_name = os.path.split(root_dir)[1]
        match = re.match('p2pool-([.0-9]+)', dir_name)
        if match:
            return match.groups()[0]
        
        return 'unknown %s' % (dir_name.encode('hex'),)
    except Exception, e:
        traceback.print_exc()
        return 'unknown %s' % (str(e).encode('hex'),)

__version__ = _get_version()

DEBUG = True