improves build to also include the version into the bl_info

build/.version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.0+build.5
+1.0.0+build.18

build/build.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME = "Bake ID Mask"
 CURRENT_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
 SOURCE_PATH = os.path.join(CURRENT_PATH, "../src")
+INIT_FILE_PATH = os.path.join(SOURCE_PATH, "__init__.py")
 TARGET_PATH = os.path.join(CURRENT_PATH, '../dist')
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -22,6 +23,14 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     versioning.save_version(nextVersion)
 
     filename = os.path.join(TARGET_PATH, ZIP_FILE_NAME.format(version=nextVersion.__str__()))
+    original_init_content = ''
+    with open(INIT_FILE_PATH, 'r') as f:
+        original_init_content = f.read()
+
+    version_insert = original_init_content.replace('# !VERSION', '"version": ({}, {}, {}),'.format(nextVersion.major, nextVersion.minor, nextVersion.patch))
+    with open(INIT_FILE_PATH, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(version_insert)
+
     with zipfile.ZipFile(filename, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zip:
         for (root, dirs, files) in os.walk(SOURCE_PATH):
             if '__pycache__' in dirs:
@@ -38,3 +47,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                     os.path.join(root, file),
                     os.path.join(PROJECT_NAME, relativePath)
                 )
+
+    with open(INIT_FILE_PATH, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(original_init_content)

src/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+bl_info = {
+    "name": "Bake ID Mask",
+    "author": "iedSoftworks",
+    "description": "",
+    # !VERSION
+    "blender": (2, 80, 0),
+    "category": "Object"
+}
+
 import bpy
 
 from . panels.panel_options import BakeToIDOptionsPanel
@@ -7,14 +16,6 @@ from . panels.panel import BakeToIDMapPanel
 from . panels.panel_info import BakeToIDInfoPanel
 from . properties.bake_to_id import BakeToIDProperties
 
-bl_info = {
-    "name": "Bake ID Mask",
-    "author": "iedSoftworks",
-    "description": "",
-    "blender": (2, 80, 0),
-    "category": "Object"
-}
-
 classes = (
     BakeToIDMapOperator,
     BakeToIDMapPanel,
@@ -24,13 +25,14 @@ classes = (
     BakeToIDProperties,
 )
 
-def register():
 
+def register():
     for cls in classes:
         bpy.utils.register_class(cls)
 
     setattr(bpy.types.Scene, 'bake_to_id_props', bpy.props.PointerProperty(type=BakeToIDProperties))
 
+
 def unregister():
     for cls in reversed(classes):
         bpy.utils.unregister_class(cls)