Add project_version property to PyProjectData to enhance readability

Author: RonnyPfannschmidt

src/setuptools_scm/_integration/pyproject_reading.py

@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ def empty(
     def project_name(self) -> str | None:
         return self.project.get("name")
 
+    @property
+    def project_version(self) -> str | None:
+        """Return the static version from [project] if present.
+
+        When the project declares dynamic = ["version"], the version
+        is intentionally omitted from [project] and this returns None.
+        """
+        return self.project.get("version")
+
     def should_infer(self) -> bool:
         """
         Determine if setuptools_scm should infer version based on configuration.

src/setuptools_scm/_integration/setuptools.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import logging
 import warnings
 
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 from typing import Callable
 
@@ -95,14 +94,14 @@ def version_keyword(
         pyproject_data = read_pyproject(_given_result=_given_pyproject_data)
     except FileNotFoundError:
         log.debug("pyproject.toml not found, proceeding with empty configuration")
-        pyproject_data = PyProjectData.empty(Path("pyproject.toml"), "setuptools_scm")
+        pyproject_data = PyProjectData.empty()
     except InvalidTomlError as e:
         log.debug("Configuration issue in pyproject.toml: %s", e)
         return
 
     result = _get_version_inference_config(
         dist_name=dist_name,
-        current_version=legacy_data.version or pyproject_data.project.get("version"),
+        current_version=legacy_data.version or pyproject_data.project_version,
         pyproject_data=pyproject_data,
         overrides=overrides,
         was_set_by_infer=was_set_by_infer,
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ def infer_version(
     # Only infer when tool section present per get_version_inference_config
     result = _get_version_inference_config(
         dist_name=dist_name,
-        current_version=legacy_data.version or pyproject_data.project.get("version"),
+        current_version=legacy_data.version or pyproject_data.project_version,
         pyproject_data=pyproject_data,
     )
     result.apply(dist)