Generate __version__ at build to avoid slow importlib.metadata import

.gitignore

@@ -158,3 +158,6 @@ cython_debug/
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+
+# hatch-vcs
+src/*/_version.py

pyproject.toml

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ version.source = "vcs"
 [tool.hatch.build]
 artifacts = [ "*.mo" ]
 
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.vcs]
+version-file = "src/humanize/_version.py"
+
 [tool.hatch.version.raw-options]
 local_scheme = "no-local-version"
 

src/humanize/__init__.py

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import importlib.metadata
-
 from humanize.filesize import naturalsize
 from humanize.i18n import activate, deactivate, decimal_separator, thousands_separator
 from humanize.number import (
@@ -24,8 +22,7 @@
     precisedelta,
 )
 
-__version__ = importlib.metadata.version(__name__)
-
+from ._version import __version__
 
 __all__ = [
     "__version__",