new way to get the current version variable

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
+_version.py
 
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class

pyproject.toml

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ classifiers = [
 source = "vcs"
 fallback-version = '0.0.1'
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "_version.py"
+
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
 include = [
     "/src",

src/pymodaq_plugins_template/__init__.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from pymodaq_utils.logger import set_logger  # to be imported by other modules.
+from _version import __version__, __version_tuple__, version_tuple, version
 
 from .utils import Config
 config = Config()
 
-with open(str(Path(__file__).parent.joinpath('resources/VERSION')), 'r') as fvers:
-    __version__ = fvers.read().strip()
+