Don't import coverage into setup.py to get the version number. Do something far worse... :) #73

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/__init__.py b/coverage/__init__.py
index 2653853b..0ccc699f 100644
--- a/coverage/__init__.py
+++ b/coverage/__init__.py
@@ -5,19 +5,13 @@ http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage
 
 """
 
-__version__ = "3.5.4b1"       # see detailed history in CHANGES.txt
-
-__url__ = "http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage"
-if max(__version__).isalpha():
-    # For pre-releases, use a version-specific URL.
-    __url__ += "/" + __version__
+from coverage.version import __version__, __url__
 
 from coverage.control import coverage, process_startup
 from coverage.data import CoverageData
 from coverage.cmdline import main, CoverageScript
 from coverage.misc import CoverageException
 
-
 # Module-level functions.  The original API to this module was based on
 # functions defined directly in the module, with a singleton of the coverage()
 # class.  That design hampered programmability, so the current api uses
diff --git a/coverage/version.py b/coverage/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a8a2d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coverage/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""The version and URL for coverage.py"""
+# This file is exec'ed in setup.py, don't import anything!
+
+__version__ = "3.5.4b1"       # see detailed history in CHANGES.txt
+
+__url__ = "http://nedbatchelder.com/code/coverage"
+if max(__version__).isalpha():
+    # For pre-releases, use a version-specific URL.
+    __url__ += "/" + __version__