FILENAME_BUILDNO = 'versioning.html' FILENAME_VERSION_H = 'include/version.h' version = 'v0.1.' import datetime build_no = 0 try: with open(FILENAME_BUILDNO) as f: build_no = int(f.readline()) + 1 except: print('Starting build number from 1..') build_no = 1 with open(FILENAME_BUILDNO, 'w+') as f: f.write(str(build_no)) print('Build number: {}'.format(build_no)) hf = """\ #ifndef BUILD_NUMBER #define BUILD_NUMBER {} #endif #ifndef VERSION #define VERSION "{} - {}" #endif #ifndef VERSION_SHORT #define VERSION_SHORT "{}" #endif """.format(build_no, version+str(build_no), datetime.datetime.now(), version+str(build_no)) with open(FILENAME_VERSION_H, 'w+') as f: f.write(hf)