[Docutils-users] Can the include directive be used inline?

[Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz]

I'm trying to pass a version number into a document through the include directive:

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.. |version| include:: version.txt

This is a very specific |version| from blah blah blah.

Which doesn't seem to work. Is there any other way to embed a version number inline in a sentence?

[Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz]

Post by Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz
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My inclu
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.. |version| include:: version.txt
This is a very specific |version| from blah blah blah.
Which doesn't seem to work. Is there any other way to embed a version number inline in a sentence?

So I can create a version.txt with a replacement:

.. |version| replace:: 3.1

Then use the include directive:

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.. include:: version.txt

This is a very specific |version| from blah blah blah.

However this fails hard when the version.txt file doesn't exists, which would be desirable for source control checkouts (plus files are a pain and slow). I see no "treat missing files as warning" option at http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/directives.html#including-an-external-document-fragment. Is there maybe an option to pass the replacement through the command line?