Released to PyPI. Version bumped to 1.1.0.

Released to PyPI.
Version number bumped to v1.1.0.
Version number now available as a static function.

CITATION.cff

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ authors:
     affiliation: University of Manchester, UK
     email: [email protected]
     website: https://alexhenderson.info
-version: v1.0.0
-date-released: "2022-02-09"
+version: v1.1.0
+date-released: "2022-03-05"
 license: MIT
 license-url: https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT#licenseText
-repository: "https://github.com/AlexHenderson/hasher/"
+repository: "https://github.com/AlexHenderson/hasher"

README.md

@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 Python package to generate a stable hash value for either a single file, or a folder containing many files and 
 sub-folders.
 
-Requires Python 3.7 or higher.
-
-Features:
+## Features ##
 - The default hash type is `sha256`, although the user can specify any valid hash type provided by `hashlib`.
 - A single hash is generated from a folder, regardless of how many files and sub-folders it contains.
 - For a single file, the filename can be included into the hash if required (default is not to include).
@@ -108,11 +106,19 @@ output
     hash name: md5
     hash digest: f2865fa...<snip>...6679c3
 
+## Requirements ##
+
+    python >= 3.7
+    pytest
+
+### Installation ###
+
+    pip install hasher-AlexHenderson==1.1.0
+
 
 ## Usage rights ##
 Copyright (c) 2022 Alex Henderson ([email protected])   
 Licensed under the MIT License. See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT      
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT   
-Version 1.0.0   
-See https://github.com/AlexHenderson/hasher/ for the most recent version  
-
+Version 1.1.0   
+See https://github.com/AlexHenderson/hasher for the most recent version  

pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=42",
+    "wheel"
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"

requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pytest~=7.0.1
+setuptools~=60.9.3

setup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+
+with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setup(
+    name="hasher-AlexHenderson",
+    version="1.1.0",
+    author="Alex Henderson",
+    author_email="[email protected]",
+    description="Python package to generate a stable hash value for either a single file, or a folder containing many "
+                "files and sub-folders.",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/AlexHenderson/hasher",
+    project_urls={
+        "Bug Tracker": "https://github.com/AlexHenderson/hasher/issues",
+    },
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    ],
+    package_dir={"": "src"},
+    packages=find_packages(where="src"),
+    python_requires=">=3.7",
+)

src/hasher/hasher.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022 Alex Henderson ([email protected])
 # Licensed under the MIT License. See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-# Version 1.0.0
+# Version 1.1.0
 # See https://github.com/AlexHenderson/hasher for the most recent version
 
 import hashlib
@@ -61,14 +61,28 @@ class Hasher:
     Copyright (c) 2022 Alex Henderson ([email protected])
     Licensed under the MIT License. See https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
     SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-    Version 1.0.0
+    Version 1.1.0
     See https://github.com/AlexHenderson/hasher for the most recent version
 
     """
 
+    # Define the version of this code
+    _version = "1.1.0"
+
     # Define the default type of hash as 'sha256'
     _default_hash_type = 'sha256'
 
+    @classmethod
+    def version(cls) -> str:
+        """
+        Returns the version number of this code.
+
+        :return: The version number.
+        :rtype: str
+        """
+
+        return Hasher._version
+
     @classmethod
     def default_hash_type(cls) -> str:
         """
@@ -77,7 +91,7 @@ def default_hash_type(cls) -> str:
         :return: The default hash type.
         :rtype: str
         """
-        
+
         return Hasher._default_hash_type
 
     @classmethod
@@ -189,7 +203,7 @@ def generate(self,
         logging.info(f"Hasher >>>>>>")
 
         # Log the version of this source code
-        logging.info(f"Version: 1.0.0")
+        logging.info(f"Version: {Hasher._version}")
 
         try:
             # Normalise input