copy get_vcs_version function

_build_wrapper.py

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ def get_vcs_version(tag_match="*[0-9]*") -> Optional[str]:
                     "--match",
                     tag_match,
                 ],
-                cwd=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../pynxtools/definitions"),
+                cwd=os.path.join(
+                    os.path.dirname(__file__), "src/pynxtools/definitions"
+                ),
                 check=True,
                 capture_output=True,
             )

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=64.0.1", "setuptools-scm[toml]>=6.2"]
+backend-path = ["."]
 build-backend = "_build_wrapper"
 
 [project]

src/pynxtools/__init__.py

@@ -19,13 +19,42 @@
 import os
 import re
 from datetime import datetime
+from subprocess import CalledProcessError, run
+from typing import Optional
 
-from pynxtools._build_wrapper import get_vcs_version
 from pynxtools.definitions.dev_tools.globals.nxdl import get_nxdl_version
 
 MAIN_BRANCH_NAME = "fairmat"
 
 
+def get_vcs_version(tag_match="*[0-9]*") -> Optional[str]:
+    """
+    The version of the Nexus standard and the NeXus Definition language
+    based on git tags and commits
+    """
+    try:
+        return (
+            run(
+                [
+                    "git",
+                    "describe",
+                    "--dirty",
+                    "--tags",
+                    "--long",
+                    "--match",
+                    tag_match,
+                ],
+                cwd=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../pynxtools/definitions"),
+                check=True,
+                capture_output=True,
+            )
+            .stdout.decode("utf-8")
+            .strip()
+        )
+    except (FileNotFoundError, CalledProcessError):
+        return None
+
+
 def _build_version(tag: str, distance: int, node: str, dirty: bool) -> str:
     """
     Builds the version string for a given set of git states.