Correct dynamic versioning (#51)

* correct dynamic versioning

* Update pyproject.toml

* Update test_template.py

Author: d33bs

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ requires = [ "setuptools>=82.0.1", "setuptools-scm>=10.0.5" ]
 
 [project]
 name = "template-uv-python-research-software"
-version = "0.0.1"
 description = "A template for Pythonic research software with environment management through uv."
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
 ]
+dynamic = [ "version" ]
 dependencies = [
   "copier>=9.15.1",
 ]

pyproject.toml.jinja

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires = [ "setuptools>=64", "setuptools-scm>=8" ]
 
 [project]
 name = "{{ project_name }}"
-version = "0.0.1"
+dynamic = [ "version" ]
 description = "{{ project_description }}"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [

tests/test_template.py

@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ def _init_git_repo(path: Path) -> str:
     return _git("rev-parse", "HEAD", cwd=path)
 
 
+def _commit_project(path: Path) -> None:
+    subprocess.run(["git", "init"], cwd=path, check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["git", "config", "user.name", "Test User"], cwd=path, check=True)
+    subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "config", "user.email", "test@example.com"], cwd=path, check=True
+    )
+    subprocess.run(["git", "add", "."], cwd=path, check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-m", "Initial commit"], cwd=path, check=True)
+
+
 def test_template(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     # Path to the Copier template root
     template_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -53,6 +63,8 @@ def test_template(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     assert not (dst_path / ".git").exists()
     assert not (dst_path / "renovate.json").exists()
 
+    _commit_project(dst_path)
+
     # Run pytest from the copied template
     subprocess.run(["uv", "run", "pytest"], cwd=dst_path, check=True)