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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+import subprocess
+import setuptools
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+PKG_INFO = 'PKG-INFO'
+
+
+def version():
+    if os.path.exists(PKG_INFO):
+        with open(PKG_INFO) as package_info:
+            for key, value in (line.split(':', 1) for line in package_info):
+                if key.startswith('Version'):
+                    return value.strip()
+
+    return subprocess.check_output(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD']).strip()
+
+
+setup(name='rackattack-api',
+      version=version(),
+      description="Rackattack API",
+      author='Stratoscale',
+      author_email='stratoscale@stratoscale.com',
+      keywords='rackattack',
+      url='https://github.com/Stratoscale/rackattack-api',
+      packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=['test']),
+      )