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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+git describe --abbrev=8 --dirty | sed 's/v\([^-]*\)-\([^-]*\)-\(.*\)/\1.dev\2.\3/' > version
+cat version
+echo "# osmo-gsm-tester version.
+# Automatically generated by update_version.sh.
+# Gets imported by __init__.py.
+
+_version = '$(cat version)'" \
+  > src/osmo_gsm_tester/_version.py