From 0fcb1e4839e1313af0a386098996549eeed29890 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Willison <swillison@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 12:24:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Sphinx docs now pull version info from git tag Based on
 http://dreamiurg.net/2011/10/03/using-git-to-get-version-information/

---
 docs/conf.py | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 90aed1d..33c4153 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
+
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+
 # This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its
 # containing dir.
 #
@@ -52,9 +54,15 @@ author = "Simon Willison"
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = ""
-# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = ""
+pipe = Popen("git describe --tags --always", stdout=PIPE, shell=True)
+git_version = pipe.stdout.read().decode("utf8")
+
+if git_version:
+    version = git_version
+    release = git_version
+else:
+    version = ""
+    release = ""
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.