@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ except ImportError:

     _miniver_is_installed = False

 # When we fetch miniver from local files

-_miniver_modules = ('_version', '_static_version')

+_miniver_modules = ('_version',)

 # When we fetch miniver from GitHub

@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@ _setup_template = '''

     )

 '''

+_static_version_template = textwrap.dedent('''\

+    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

+    # This file is part of 'miniver': https://github.com/jbweston/miniver

+    #

+    # This file will be overwritten by setup.py when a source or binary

+    # distribution is made.  The magic value "__use_git__" is interpreted by

+    # version.py.

+

+    version = "__use_git__"

+

+    # These values are only set if the distribution was created with 'git archive'

+    refnames = "$Format:%D$"

+    git_hash = "$Format:%h$"

+''')

+

 _init_template = 'from ._version import __version__'

 _gitattribute_template = '{package_dir}/_static_version.py export-subst'

@@ -77,6 +92,11 @@ def _write_line(content, filename):

             f.write(content)

+def _write_content(content, filename):

+    with open(filename, 'w') as f:

+        f.write(content)

+

+

 def _fail(msg):

     print(msg, file=sys.stderr)

     print('Miniver was not installed', file=sys.stderr)

@@ -129,6 +149,8 @@ def main():

     # Write content to local package directory

     for path, output_path in zip(miniver_paths, output_paths):

         shutil.copy(path, output_path)

+    _write_content(_static_version_template,

+                   os.path.join(package_dir, '_static_version.py'))

     _write_line(_gitattribute_template.format(package_dir=package_dir),

                 '.gitattributes')

     _write_line(_init_template.format(package_dir=package_dir),