chore: remove unnecessary hatch definition for version

Author: mlabeeb03

.hatch_build.py

@@ -9,22 +9,13 @@
 
 class MetaDataHook(MetadataHookInterface):
     def update(self, metadata: dict[str, t.Any]) -> None:
-        about = load_about()
-        metadata["version"] = about["__package_version__"]
         metadata["dependencies"] = load_requirements("base.in")
         metadata["optional-dependencies"] = {
             "dev": load_requirements("dev.txt"),
             "full": load_requirements("plugins.txt"),
         }
 
 
-def load_about() -> dict[str, str]:
-    about: dict[str, str] = {}
-    with open(os.path.join(HERE, "tutor", "__about__.py"), "rt", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        exec(f.read(), about)  # pylint: disable=exec-used
-    return about
-
-
 def load_requirements(filename: str) -> list[str]:
     requirements = []
     with open(

changelog.d/20251014_144203_mlabeeb03_remove_hatch_definition.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- [Chore] Remove unnecessary hatch definition for version. (by @mlabeeb03)

pyproject.toml

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Community = "https://discuss.openedx.org/tag/tutor"
 [tool.hatch.metadata.hooks.custom]
 path = ".hatch_build.py"
 
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "tutor/__about__.py"
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"