fixup! build: Invert version fetching.

Author: feanil

backend/docs/conf.py

@@ -18,28 +18,13 @@
 from subprocess import check_call
 
 from django import setup as django_setup
-
-
-def get_version(*file_paths):
-    """
-    Extract the version string from the file.
-
-    Input:
-     - file_paths: relative path fragments to file with
-                   version string
-    """
-    filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *file_paths)
-    version_file = open(filename, encoding="utf8").read()
-    version_match = re.search(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", version_file, re.M)
-    if version_match:
-        return version_match.group(1)
-    raise RuntimeError('Unable to find version string.')
+from importlib.metadata import version as get_version
 
 
 REPO_ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 sys.path.append(REPO_ROOT)
 
-VERSION = get_version('../sample_plugin', '__init__.py')
+VERSION = get_version('openedx-sample-plugin')
 # Configure Django for autodoc usage
 os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'test_settings'
 django_setup()