Save version info to version.txt

.gitignore

 .eggs
 build
 dist
+env
 *.egg-info
-*.sw?
\ No newline at end of file
+*.sw?
+version.txt

MANIFEST.in

-include edosl0util/.repostate
+include edosl0util/version.txt

build.sh

+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function sdist() {
+version=$(grep version setup.py | sed 's/.*version=["\x27]//g;s/[\x27"].*//g')
+cat <<EOF > edosl0util/version.txt
+__version__ = '${version}'
+__githash__ = '$(git log --format="%H" | head -n 1)'
+__patch__ = """$(git diff)"""
+EOF
+python setup.py $@ 
+}
+
+if [ -z $1 ]
+then
+    echo "USAGE: $0 sdist"
+fi
+
+case $1 in
+    sdist)
+        sdist $@
+        ;;
+    *)
+        ;;
+esac

edosl0util/__init__.py

+import os
+version = os.path.join(os.path.split(__file__)[0], 'version.txt')
+if os.path.exists(version):
+    execfile(version)
+del os
+del version

setup.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ setup(
     name='EdosL0Util',
     description='Utilities for working with EDOS L0 PDS files',
     version='0.4.dev8',
+    zip_safe=False,
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
         'h5py',