Github action for automated tagging (release)

scripts/buildinfo.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import configparser
+import sys
+from readprops import readProps
+
+verObj = readProps('version.properties')
+propName = sys.argv[1]
+print(f"{verObj[propName]}")

scripts/bump_version.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Bump the version number"""
+
+lines = None
+
+with open('version.properties', 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    lines = f.readlines()
+
+with open('version.properties', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    for line in lines:
+        if line.lstrip().startswith("build = "):
+            words = line.split(" = ")
+            ver = f'build = {int(words[1]) + 1}'
+            f.write(f'{ver}\n')
+        else:
+            f.write(line)

scripts/readprops.py

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+import subprocess
+import configparser
+import traceback
+import sys
+
+
+def readProps(prefsLoc):
+    """Read the version of our project as a string"""
+
+    config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
+    config.read(prefsLoc)
+    version = dict(config.items('VERSION'))
+    verObj = dict(short = "{}.{}.{}".format(version["major"], version["minor"], version["build"]),
+        long = "unset")
+
+    # Try to find current build SHA if if the workspace is clean.  This could fail if git is not installed
+    try:
+        sha = subprocess.check_output(
+            ['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD']).decode("utf-8").strip()
+        isDirty = subprocess.check_output(
+            ['git', 'diff', 'HEAD']).decode("utf-8").strip()
+        suffix = sha
+        if isDirty:
+            # short for 'dirty', we want to keep our verstrings source for protobuf reasons
+            suffix = sha + "-d"
+        verObj['long'] = "{}.{}.{}.{}".format(
+            version["major"], version["minor"], version["build"], suffix)
+    except:
+        # print("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0])
+        # traceback.print_exc()
+        verObj['long'] = verObj['short']
+
+    # print("firmware version " + verStr)
+    return verObj
+# print("path is" + ','.join(sys.path))