extract_version.py

# extract_version.py
def get_version():
    """
    Extracts the version from the specified __about__.py file.
    """
    about = {}
    with open('./src/python_redlines/__about__.py') as f:
        exec(f.read(), about)
    return about['__version__']

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(get_version())