updated to build -- smaller sdist and dynamic version

py_gnome/conda_requirements_build.txt

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 
 cython=3.*
 setuptools>=62  # older versions uses different build dirs
-setuptools-scm>=6.2
+# setuptools-scm>=6.2
 gitpython
 python-build
 cmake
 ninja
-scikit-build-core>=0.7.*
+scikit-build-core>=0.9.9
+# hatchling

py_gnome/gnome/__init__.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # just so it will be in the namespace.
 from .gnomeobject import GnomeId, AddLogger
 
-__version__ = '1.1.12'
+__version__ = "1.1.13dev"
 
 
 if os.name == 'nt':

py_gnome/pyproject.toml

@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Oceanography",
 ]
 
-version = "1.1.12"
 readme = "README.rst"
 
-# dynamic = ["version", "readme"]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[tool.scikit-build.metadata.version]
+provider = "scikit_build_core.metadata.regex"
+input = "gnome/__init__.py"
+
 
 # really hard to do with conda compatibility :-)
 # dependencies = [
@@ -54,5 +58,11 @@ namespaces = false  # to disable scanning PEP 420 namespaces (true by default)
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
 wheel.py-api = "py3"
+# sdist.include = ["tests/unit_tests"]
+sdist.exclude = ["scripts",
+                 "tests/", # until we can figure out how to exclude the downloaded data files.
+                 "gnome/cy_gnome/*.cpp"
+                 ]
+
 
 # [project.optional-dependencies]