From a0fb98c535e75d225ed418688d0bfa3b624ab904 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Chayim I. Kirshen" <c@kirshen.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 10:56:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] pulling version from setup.py

---
 redis/__init__.py | 8 +++++++-
 setup.py          | 6 ++----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/redis/__init__.py b/redis/__init__.py
index 051b039d06..8014e6a4dc 100644
--- a/redis/__init__.py
+++ b/redis/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+import sys
+if sys.version_info >= (3,8):
+    from importlib import metadata
+else:
+    import importlib_metadata as metadata
+
 from redis.client import Redis, StrictRedis
 from redis.cluster import RedisCluster
 from redis.connection import (
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ def int_or_str(value):
         return value
 
 
-__version__ = "4.1.0rc2"
+__version__ = metadata.version('redis')
 
 
 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(".")))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b9c2e3e315..9ad3a2a6bd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     keywords=["Redis", "key-value store", "database"],
     license="MIT",
-    version=redis.__version__,
+    version="4.1.0rc2",
     packages=find_packages(
         include=[
             "redis",
@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@
     author="Redis Inc.",
     author_email="oss@redis.com",
     python_requires=">=3.6",
-    setup_requires=[
-        "packaging>=21.3",
-    ],
     install_requires=[
         "deprecated>=1.2.3",
         "packaging>=21.3",
+        'importlib-metadata >= 1.0; python_version < "3.8"',
     ],
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",

From b99f13699b9368af83b1f74bffc7912fbcd8a0a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Chayim I. Kirshen" <c@kirshen.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:52:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] defaulting to 99.99.99 when not installed

---
 redis/__init__.py | 8 ++++++--
 setup.py          | 2 --
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/redis/__init__.py b/redis/__init__.py
index 8014e6a4dc..35044be29d 100644
--- a/redis/__init__.py
+++ b/redis/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import sys
-if sys.version_info >= (3,8):
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
     from importlib import metadata
 else:
     import importlib_metadata as metadata
@@ -44,7 +45,10 @@ def int_or_str(value):
         return value
 
 
-__version__ = metadata.version('redis')
+try:
+    __version__ = metadata.version("redis")
+except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = "99.99.99"
 
 
 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(".")))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9ad3a2a6bd..524ea845d1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-import redis
-
 setup(
     name="redis",
     description="Python client for Redis database and key-value store",