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+# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Id$
+
+EAPI=5
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{3,4,5} pypy pypy3 )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="package to manage versions by scm tags via setuptools"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools_scm"
+SRC_URI="mirror://pypi/${PN:0:1}/${PN}/${P}.tar.bz2"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	test? ( dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
+
+python_test() {
+	py.test -v -v -x || die "tests failed under ${EPYTHON}"
+}