Improve version handling

app/config.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from itsdangerous import URLSafeTimedSerializer
 from loguru import logger
 
 from app.utils.emoji import _load_emojis
+from app.utils.version import get_version_commit
 
 ROOT_DIR = Path().parent.resolve()
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ VERSION_COMMIT = "dev"
 try:
     from app._version import VERSION_COMMIT  # type: ignore
 except ImportError:
-    pass
+    VERSION_COMMIT = get_version_commit()
 
 # Force reloading cache when the CSS is updated
 CSS_HASH = "none"

app/utils/version.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import subprocess
+
+
+def get_version_commit() -> str:
+    try:
+        return (
+            subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--short=8", "v2"])
+            .split()[0]
+            .decode()
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        return "dev"

tasks.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
 import io
-import subprocess
 import tarfile
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -164,14 +163,12 @@ def stats(ctx):
 
 @contextmanager
 def embed_version() -> Generator[None, None, None]:
+    from app.utils.version import get_version_commit
+
     version_file = Path("app/_version.py")
     version_file.unlink(missing_ok=True)
-    version = (
+    version_commit = get_version_commit()
-        subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--short=8", "v2"])
+    version_file.write_text(f'VERSION_COMMIT = "{version_commit}"')
-        .split()[0]
-        .decode()
-    )
-    version_file.write_text(f'VERSION_COMMIT = "{version}"')
     try:
         yield
     finally: