make sure __init__ only reads the VERSION file

and never writes it. The file /alot/VERSION
will be provided in the future and contain the
release version string. setup.py will try to overwrite this with the result of `git describe` which will suceed only if
we are on a git checkout.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/alot/version.py b/alot/version.py
index 40e64bb4..1506c137 100644
--- a/alot/version.py
+++ b/alot/version.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def call_git_describe(abbrev=4):
         return None
 
 
-def read_release_version():
+def read_version():
     try:
         f = open(VERSIONFILE, "r")
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def read_release_version():
         return None
 
 
-def write_release_version(version):
+def write_version(version):
     f = open(VERSIONFILE, "w")
     f.write("%s\n" % version)
     f.close()
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def write_release_version(version):
 
 def get_git_version(abbrev=4):
     # Read in the version that's currently in VERSION.
-    release_version = read_release_version()
+    release_version = read_version()
 
     # First try to get the current version using “git describe”.
     version = call_git_describe(abbrev)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def get_git_version(abbrev=4):
     # RELEASE-VERSION file, update the file to be current.
 
     if version != release_version:
-        write_release_version(version)
+        write_version(version)
 
     # Finally, return the current version.
     return version