git repo's reporting the wrong version

[Derek Higgins]

(venv)[derekh@fido tripleo-image-elements]$ python setup.py --version
0.0.1.dev67.gaeb7741
(venv)[derekh@fido tripleo-image-elements]$ git tag | sort -V | tail -n 1
0.8.1
(venv)[derekh@fido tripleo-image-elements]$

shouldn't it be 0.8.1.dev67.gaeb7741 ?

looks like dib, heat-templates and incubator also have the same problem

the correct version is reported when the tag and current HEAD match
(venv)[derekh@fido tripleo-image-elements]$ git reset --hard 0.8.1
HEAD is now at c304a06 Merge "Fix argparse issue for RHEL 6.5."
(venv)[derekh@fido tripleo-image-elements]$ python setup.py --version
0.8.1
(venv)[derekh@fido tripleo-image-elements]$

[Robert Collins (lifeless)]

So this is due to preversioned setup.cfgs, which we shouldn't have. See https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/bad-setup-cfg-versions for the bulk work to fix.