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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# This script will replace the versioneer source version file configured in
+# `setup.cfg` with a file containing the hardcoded version generated by
+# versioneer. It is meant to be used before building the debian package, so the
+# generated package reports the correct version, as would be generated by
+# versioneer if this was a python package.
+
+import ConfigParser
+import versioneer
+
+# get the path to the version file
+config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
+config.read('setup.cfg')
+source_file = config.get('versioneer', 'versionfile_source')
+
+# replace version file in source tree
+versions = versioneer.get_versions()
+versioneer.write_to_version_file(source_file, versions)