pip install -e django-select2/ throw errors if .git folder is removed.

[jerryincloud]

Describe the bug
setuptools-scm was unable to detect version for /portal/django-select2. if .git folder is removed then try to install it.

Exception & Traceback

      obj = import_module(mod_path)
    File "/home/ec2-user/.pyenv/versions/3.9.15/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
      return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked
    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 850, in exec_module
    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-wdsajbwb/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/flit_scm/__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
      get_version(**setuptools_scm_config)
    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-wdsajbwb/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__init__.py", line 149, in get_version
      _version_missing(config)
    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-wdsajbwb/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__init__.py", line 109, in _version_missing
      raise LookupError(
  LookupError: setuptools-scm was unable to detect version for /portal/django-select2.
  
  Make sure you're either building from a fully intact git repository or PyPI tarballs. Most other sources (such as GitHub's tarballs, a git checkout without the .git folder) don't contain the necessary metadata and will not work.

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pip install -e django-select2/

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[codingjoe]

Hi @jerryliu-p,

Thank you for reaching out. Might I ask where your copy of this package is comping from?
It looks to me, you got the code from an unsupported location or downloaded the ZIP from GitHub? The error message should does provide a lot of context about this issue:

Make sure you're either building from a fully intact git repository or PyPI tarballs. Most other sources (such as GitHub's tarballs, a git checkout without the .git folder) don't contain the necessary metadata and will not work.

Best,
Joe