fix: version from PyPI query instead of run_number

CI queries PyPI JSON API for latest published version,
bumps patch +1. If VERSION base changes (manual bump),
starts at .0. No repo writes, no merge conflicts.

Author: Vic-Nas

.github/workflows/publish-dev.yml

@@ -137,13 +137,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
 
-      - name: Compute version
+      - name: Compute version from PyPI
         id: version
         run: |
           base=$(cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]')
-          version="${base}.${{ github.run_number }}"
+          pkg="drp-cli"
+          latest=$(curl -sf "https://pypi.org/pypi/${pkg}/json" \
+            | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['info']['version'])" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+          if [ -n "$latest" ] && echo "$latest" | grep -q "^${base}\."; then
+            patch=$(echo "$latest" | cut -d. -f3)
+            version="${base}.$((patch + 1))"
+          else
+            version="${base}.0"
+          fi
           echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "Publishing drp-cli $version"
+          echo "Publishing ${pkg} ${version} (latest on PyPI: ${latest:-none})"
 
       - name: Stamp version into CLI
         run: |

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -169,13 +169,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
 
-      - name: Compute version
+      - name: Compute version from PyPI
         id: version
         run: |
           base=$(cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]')
-          version="${base}.${{ github.run_number }}"
+          pkg="drp"
+          latest=$(curl -sf "https://pypi.org/pypi/${pkg}/json" \
+            | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['info']['version'])" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+          if [ -n "$latest" ] && echo "$latest" | grep -q "^${base}\."; then
+            patch=$(echo "$latest" | cut -d. -f3)
+            version="${base}.$((patch + 1))"
+          else
+            version="${base}.0"
+          fi
           echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "Publishing drp $version"
+          echo "Publishing ${pkg} ${version} (latest on PyPI: ${latest:-none})"
 
       - name: Collect commits since last release
         run: |

cli/__init__.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """drp CLI — command-line tool for drp."""
 
 # VERSION file holds major.minor (e.g. "0.3") — only bumped manually.
-# CI computes full version (major.minor.run_number) and seds this line
-# to a literal before building: __version__ = '0.3.42'
-# Never auto-committed, so merges between dev↔main stay clean.
+# CI queries PyPI for latest published version, bumps patch +1,
+# and seds this line to a literal before building: __version__ = '0.3.42'
+# Nothing committed back — merges between dev↔main stay clean.
 # Fallback: importlib.metadata for installed packages.
 
 def _resolve_version():

tests/unit/test_cli_pure.py

@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ def test_version_is_semver(self):
         from cli import __version__
         parts = __version__.split('.')
         # Locally: "0.3" (major.minor from VERSION file)
-        # CI/installed: "0.3.42" (major.minor.run_number)
+        # CI/installed: "0.3.42" (major.minor.patch from PyPI bump)
         assert len(parts) >= 2
         for part in parts:
             assert part.isdigit()