More correct version when using editable installs

odoo_scripts/__init__.py

 """Odoo Scripts"""
+from json import loads
+
 try:
     # python 3.8+
@@ -2,6 +4,6 @@
 try:
     # python 3.8+
-    from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+    from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, distribution, version
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     from importlib_metadata import (  # type: ignore[import,no-redef,assignment]
         PackageNotFoundError,
@@ -5,6 +7,7 @@
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     from importlib_metadata import (  # type: ignore[import,no-redef,assignment]
         PackageNotFoundError,
+        distribution,
         version,
     )
 
@@ -8,4 +11,6 @@
         version,
     )
 
+# This is maintained by bump2version.
+_manual_version = "20.10.1.dev"
 try:
@@ -11,3 +16,9 @@
 try:
-    __version__ = version("odoo-scripts")
+    # When using an editable install, the number would be off
+    distrib = distribution("odoo-scripts")
+    json = loads(distrib.read_text("direct_url.json"))
+    if not json.get("dir_info", {}).get("editable", False):
+        __version__ = distrib.version
+    else:
+        __version__ = _manual_version
 except PackageNotFoundError:
@@ -13,6 +24,5 @@
 except PackageNotFoundError:
-    # package is not installed, default to the version maintained by bump2version
-    __version__ = "20.10.1.dev"
+    __version__ = _manual_version
 
 __author__ = "XCG Consulting"