Automatically determine version

.drone.yml

@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ steps:
     image: sphinxdoc/sphinx-latexpdf:5.0.2
     commands:
       - apt-get update
-      - apt-get -y install texlive-lang-german rsync
+      - apt-get -y install texlive-lang-german rsync git
       - pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - export SPHINXOPTS="-D version=$(git -C source/handbuch describe --tags --abbrev=0) -D release=$(git -C source/handbuch describe --tags)"
       - make -j4 bundle
   - name: upload
     image: alpine
@@ -55,6 +56,6 @@ steps:
 
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 7225cd21b9a1284bba09bd0f943e5873865f176e1dca49147ea8e309421e6726
+hmac: 797e2df88805ae1dee84d60ec024034965dcf41fc2ef86d5667adfdfe10b2719
 
 ...

README.md

@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ The top level directory contains a Makefile, for generation with all output form
 make bundle
 `````
 
+In order to automatically determine the version string from the latest Git tag, execute the following command before calling `make`:
+
+```
+export SPHINXOPTS="-D version=$(git -C source/handbuch describe --tags --abbrev=0) -D release=$(git -C source/handbuch describe --tags)"
+```
+
 The output files of the final handbook can be found in the subfolder `./bundle`.
 
 All generated intermediate artifacts and the final output files can be found in the `./build` subfolder.

source/conf.py

@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ copyright = '2021, diverse'
 author = 'Autorenkollektiv'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.2.0'
+release = '0.0.0'
+
+# The major project version, without alpha/beta/rc tags
+version = '0.0.0'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------