Add the git version (last tag) in setup.py

modify README.md

README.md

@@ -102,41 +102,33 @@ be spread, allowing fast and consistent corrections.
      making it fast and safe
 
 
-
 # 3. Install from source **(without an account at gitlab.aip.de)**
 
 ### STEP 1: download source of the module myplotlib
 
-- [zip](https://gitlab.aip.de/yfournier/myplotlib/repository/archive.zip?ref=v3.0.1a)
-- [tar.gz](https://gitlab.aip.de/yfournier/myplotlib/repository/archive.tar.gz?ref=v3.0.1a)
+- [zip](https://gitlab.aip.de/yfournier/myplotlib/repository/archive.zip?ref=5.8.18-rc)
+- [tar.gz](https://gitlab.aip.de/yfournier/myplotlib/repository/archive.tar.gz?ref=5.8.18-rc)
 
 extract and rename like `/home/user/src/python/myplotlib`
 
 ### STEP 2: Install
 
-Set the python path
-```
-export PYTHONPATH="/home/user/src/python/"
-```
-
-Create your config file (in `/home/user/src/python/myplotlib/`)
 ```
-cp config-default.py config.py
+python setup.py install
 ```
 
 ### STEP 3: testing
 
-in `/home/user/src/python/`
+in `/home/user/src/python/myplotlib/test/localhost/`
 
 ```
-python2.6 -m myplotlib.__main__ -t
-python2.7 -m myplotlib -t
-python3 -m myplotlib -t
+python -m tests
+python -m tutorials
 ```
 
 This will execute a series of tests, they should all be successful.
 
-> **REMARK**: If you get some errors, try the minimal configuration: replace config.py with myplotlib/.configs/minimal-config.py
+> **REMARK**: If you get some errors, try the minimal configuration: ...
 
 # 4. Install with git (with an account at gitlab.aip.de)
 

setup.py

+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 import setuptools
 
+try:
+    process = Popen(['git', 'describe', '--exact-match', '--tags'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+    stdout, stderr = process.communicate()
+    version = stdout.decode('ascii')
+except:
+    raise
+
 with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
     long_description = fh.read()
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="myplotlib",
-    version='5.6.16b', # toward-v6 branch (still beta)
+    version=version,
     author='Yori Fournier, Philipp Gast',
     author_email='y.fournier@aip.de ???',
     description='clean alternative to pyplot -- a wrapper around core API of matplotlib',