old_contents: import re
  import subprocess
  
  from setuptools import setup
  
  
  def _get_git_description():
      try:
          return subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe"]).decode("utf-8").strip()
      except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
          return None
  
  
  def _create_version_from_description(git_description):
      match = re.match(r'(?P<tag>[\d\.]+)-(?P<offset>[\d]+)-(?P<sha>\w{8})', git_description)
      if not match:
          version = git_description
      else:
          version = "{tag}.post{offset}".format(**match.groupdict())
      return version
  
  
  def get_version():
      description = _get_git_description()
  
      return _create_version_from_description(description)
  
  
  def main():
      with open("README.md") as readme_file:
          long_description = readme_file.read()
  
      setup(
          name="authentise_services",
          url="https://github.com/DoWhileGeek/authentise-services",
          description="A client library for Authentise open services",
          long_description=long_description,
          author="Joeseph Rodrigues",
          author_email="dowhilegeek@gmail.com",
          version=get_version(),
          packages=["authentise_services"],
          package_data={"authentise_services": ["authentise_services/*"], },
          include_package_data=True,
          install_requires=[
              "requests==2.7.0",
          ],
          extras_require={
              'develop': [
                  'pylint==1.4.3',
                  'pytest==2.6.4',
                  'httpretty==0.8.10',
                  'twine==1.5.0',
              ]},
      )
  
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      main()
  
new_contents: import re
  import subprocess
  
  from setuptools import setup
  
  
  def _get_git_description():
      try:
          return subprocess.check_output(["git", "describe"]).decode("utf-8").strip()
      except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
          return None
  
  
  def _create_version_from_description(git_description):
      match = re.match(r'(?P<tag>[\d\.]+)-(?P<offset>[\d]+)-(?P<sha>\w{8})', git_description)
      if not match:
          version = git_description
      else:
          version = "{tag}.post{offset}".format(**match.groupdict())
      return version
  
  
  def get_version():
      description = _get_git_description()
  
      return _create_version_from_description(description)
  
  
  def main():
      setup(
          name="authentise_services",
          url="https://github.com/DoWhileGeek/authentise-services",
          description="A client library for Authentise open services",
          author="Joeseph Rodrigues",
          author_email="dowhilegeek@gmail.com",
          version=get_version(),
          packages=["authentise_services"],
          package_data={"authentise_services": ["authentise_services/*"], },
          include_package_data=True,
          install_requires=[
              "requests==2.7.0",
          ],
          extras_require={
              'develop': [
                  'pylint==1.4.3',
                  'pytest==2.6.4',
                  'httpretty==0.8.10',
                  'twine==1.5.0',
              ]},
      )
  
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      main()
  
subject: remove long description from setup.py