Workflow now runs on multiple OS

chasten/main.py

@@ -910,6 +910,14 @@ def log() -> None:
     # of the chasten tool
     server.start_syslog_server()
 
+@cli.command()
+def version():
+    """Display the version of Chasten."""
+    # Get Chasten version from util file
+    version_string = util.get_chasten_version()
+    # output chasten version
+    typer.echo(f"{version_string}")
+
 
 # ---
 # End region: Command-line interface functions }}}

chasten/util.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Utilities for use within chasten."""
 
 import importlib.metadata
+import pkg_resources
 
 from chasten import constants
 
@@ -40,7 +41,15 @@ def get_chasten_version() -> str:
     # there is not a working package that importlib.metadata can access with a version;
     # in this situation the function should return the default value of 0.0.0
     except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
-        version_string_of_foo = default_chasten_semver
+        try:
+            # if importlib.metadata fails, try using pkg_resources
+            # The 'distribution' variable holds information about the 'chasten' package
+            distribution= pkg_resources.get_distribution(constants.chasten.Application_Name)
+            # Retrieve version information from distribution
+            version_string_of_foo= distribution.version
+        except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+            # If both methods fail, return a default version
+            version_string_of_foo = default_chasten_semver.version
     return version_string_of_foo