From df04a2e1b3e6557d9c73f2dc4d564e34a0817655 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Pedersen <andreas.pedersen@ess.eu>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 14:09:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] handle when local EasyApp module is used

---
 src/EasyApp/__init__.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/EasyApp/__init__.py b/src/EasyApp/__init__.py
index 414780d..a7edaab 100644
--- a/src/EasyApp/__init__.py
+++ b/src/EasyApp/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import importlib.metadata
 
 # Set package version
-__version__ = importlib.metadata.version("EasyApp")
+try:
+    __version__ = importlib.metadata.version("EasyApp")
+except ImportError:
+    __version__ = "development"
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