Improve library version tracking

Author: tomer-w

.github/workflows/update_victron_mqtt.yml

@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ jobs:
           # Compare against the vendored lib version by checking the wheel we'd download
           latest="${{ steps.get_release.outputs.latest_version }}"
           # Check if the lib/ directory already has this version by looking at a marker file
-          if [ -f "custom_components/victron_mqtt/_vendor/victron_mqtt/.vendored_version" ]; then
-            current=$(cat custom_components/victron_mqtt/_vendor/victron_mqtt/.vendored_version)
+          if [ -f "custom_components/victron_mqtt/_vendor/__init__.py" ]; then
+            current=$(python3 -c "import re; m = re.search(r'VICTRON_MQTT_VERSION\s*=\s*\"(.+?)\"', open('custom_components/victron_mqtt/_vendor/__init__.py').read()); print(m.group(1) if m else 'unknown')")
           else
             current="unknown"
           fi
@@ -75,8 +75,12 @@ jobs:
           rm -f custom_components/victron_mqtt/_vendor/victron_mqtt/py.typed
           rm -rf custom_components/victron_mqtt/_vendor/victron_mqtt/utils
 
-          # Write version marker
-          echo "$latest" > custom_components/victron_mqtt/_vendor/victron_mqtt/.vendored_version
+          # Write version constant to _vendor/__init__.py
+          cat > custom_components/victron_mqtt/_vendor/__init__.py << PYEOF
+"""Vendored third-party packages."""
+
+VICTRON_MQTT_VERSION = "$latest"
+PYEOF
 
           # Cleanup
           rm -rf /tmp/victron_wheel /tmp/victron_extracted

custom_components/victron_mqtt/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """The victron_mqtt integration."""
 
-import importlib.metadata
 import logging
 
 from homeassistant.const import EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_STOP, Platform
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@
 
 from .const import ATTR_DEVICE_ID, ATTR_METRIC_ID, ATTR_VALUE, CONF_SIMPLE_NAMING, DOMAIN, SERVICE_PUBLISH
 from .hub import Hub, VictronGxConfigEntry
+from ._vendor import VICTRON_MQTT_VERSION
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 _VICTRON_MQTT_LOGGER = logging.getLogger("victron_mqtt")
@@ -68,14 +68,10 @@ async def handle_publish(call: ServiceCall) -> None:
 async def async_setup(hass: HomeAssistant, config: ConfigType) -> bool:
     """Set up the integration."""
     version = getattr(hass.data.get("integrations", {}).get(DOMAIN), "version", "unknown")
-    try:
-        victron_mqtt_version = importlib.metadata.version("victron_mqtt")
-    except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-        victron_mqtt_version = "vendored"
     _LOGGER.info(
         "Setting up victron_mqtt integration. Version: %s. victron_mqtt package version: %s",
         version,
-        victron_mqtt_version,
+        VICTRON_MQTT_VERSION,
     )
 
     return True

custom_components/victron_mqtt/_vendor/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"""Vendored third-party packages."""
+
+VICTRON_MQTT_VERSION = "2026.5.7"