Having just now partially got the

setup_py / python_artifact

macro, reading a STATIC

VERSION

file via a plugin, i need to have it read a generated

VERSION

file from the

vcs_version(...)

Is there a simple method to make this work ? I did try adding it in the python_distribution, and the macro. but neither "generate it before the macro

python_artifact(...)

runs . How do I achieve this ? *below does not work" . the macro expects

VERSION

file to be there, static on the filesystem,

vcs_version(
    name = "tagged_version",
    generate_to = "VERSION",
    template = "{version}",
)

python_distribution(
    name = "myproject",
    dependencies = [
        ...

        ":tagged_version",    <<< add dependency here
    ],
    generate_setup = True,
    provides = python_artifact(
        name = "myproject",
        dependencies = [ 
            ":tagged_version",    <<< OR add dependency here
        ]
    ),
    ...
)