ci: remove code.json, update scripts, fix release workflow

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ jobs:
           pip install .
           pip install ".[lint, test]"
 
-      - name: Make code.md
-        run: make-code-json
+      - name: Make metadata files
+        uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
+        with:
+          timeout_seconds: 10
+          max_attempts: 3
+          command: make-code-json
 
       - name: Upload code.md
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -68,12 +72,16 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
           ver="${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
+
+          # remove metadata files
+          rm code.json
+          rm code.md
 
           # commit and push changes
           git config core.sharedRepository true
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git add pymake
+          git add -A
           git commit -m "ci(release): set version to ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
           git push origin "${{ github.ref_name }}"
 
@@ -118,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
-          version=$(python scripts/update_version.py -g)
+          version=$(cat version.txt)
           title="pymake $version"
           notes=$(cat code.md)
           gh release create "$version" \

scripts/update_version.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import argparse
-import json
 import re
 import textwrap
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -8,14 +7,20 @@
 from filelock import FileLock
 from packaging.version import Version
 
+_epilog = """\
+Update version information stored in version.txt in the project root
+and other files in the repository. If --version is not provided, the
+version number will not be changed. The version tag must comply with
+'<major>.<minor>.<patch>' format convention for semantic versioning.
+To show the version without changing anything, use --get (short -g).
+"""
 _project_name = "mfpymake"
 _project_root_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent
 _version_txt_path = _project_root_path / "version.txt"
 _version_py_path = _project_root_path / "pymake" / "config.py"
 
 # file names and the path to the file relative to the repo root directory
 file_paths_list = [
-    _project_root_path / "code.json",
     _project_root_path / "README.md",
     _project_root_path / "version.txt",
     _project_root_path / "pymake" / "config.py",
@@ -28,7 +33,6 @@ def split_nonnumeric(s):
     return [s[: match.start()], s[match.start() :]] if match else s
 
 
-_initial_version = Version("0.0.1")
 _current_version = Version(_version_txt_path.read_text().strip())
 
 
@@ -93,28 +97,6 @@ def update_readme_markdown(version: Version) -> None:
     print(f"Updated {fpth} to version {version}")
 
 
-def update_codejson(version: Version) -> None:
-    """Update code.json
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    version : Version
-        version number
-    """
-    # define json filename
-    json_fname = file_paths["code.json"]
-
-    # load and modify json file
-    data = json.loads(json_fname.read_text())
-
-    # rewrite the json file
-    with open(json_fname, "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
-        json.dump(data, f, indent=4)
-        f.write("\n")
-
-    print(f"Updated {json_fname} to version {version}")
-
-
 def update_version(
     timestamp: datetime = datetime.now(),
     version: Version = None,
@@ -143,7 +125,6 @@ def update_version(
             update_version_txt(version)
             update_version_py(timestamp, version)
             update_readme_markdown(version)
-            update_codejson(version)
     finally:
         try:
             lock_path.unlink()
@@ -155,16 +136,7 @@ def update_version(
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         prog=f"Update {_project_name} version",
         formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
-        epilog=textwrap.dedent(
-            """\
-            Update version information stored in version.txt in the project
-            root, as well as several other files in the repository. If 
-            --version is not provided, the version number will not be 
-            changed. A file lock is held to synchronize file access. The 
-            version tag must comply with standard '<major>.<minor>.<patch>' 
-            format conventions for semantic versioning.
-            """
-        ),
+        epilog=textwrap.dedent(_epilog),
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-v",
@@ -183,9 +155,7 @@ def update_version(
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if args.get:
-        print(
-            Version((_project_root_path / "version.txt").read_text().strip())
-        )
+        print(_current_version)
     else:
         update_version(
             timestamp=datetime.now(),