diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3b5c27763aeb..28316a57aef2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ VCS = git
 style = pep440
 versionfile_source = src/prefect/_version.py
 versionfile_build = prefect/_version.py
+version_regex = ^(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)$
 tag_prefix =
 parentdir_prefix =
 
diff --git a/src/prefect/_version.py b/src/prefect/_version.py
index cddd2d14b69c..ec20917e8f2b 100644
--- a/src/prefect/_version.py
+++ b/src/prefect/_version.py
@@ -4,19 +4,22 @@
 # directories (produced by setup.py build) will contain a much shorter file
 # that just contains the computed version number.
 
-# This file is released into the public domain. Generated by
-# versioneer-0.20 (https://github.com/python-versioneer/python-versioneer)
+# This file is released into the public domain.
+# Generated by versioneer-0.29
+# https://github.com/python-versioneer/python-versioneer
 
 """Git implementation of _version.py."""
 
 import errno
+import functools
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 
-def get_keywords():
+def get_keywords() -> Dict[str, str]:
     """Get the keywords needed to look up the version information."""
     # these strings will be replaced by git during git-archive.
     # setup.py/versioneer.py will grep for the variable names, so they must
@@ -29,11 +32,18 @@ def get_keywords():
     return keywords
 
 
-class VersioneerConfig:  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class VersioneerConfig:
     """Container for Versioneer configuration parameters."""
 
+    VCS: str
+    style: str
+    tag_prefix: str
+    parentdir_prefix: str
+    versionfile_source: str
+    verbose: bool
 
-def get_config():
+
+def get_config() -> VersioneerConfig:
     """Create, populate and return the VersioneerConfig() object."""
     # these strings are filled in when 'setup.py versioneer' creates
     # _version.py
@@ -51,14 +61,14 @@ class NotThisMethod(Exception):
     """Exception raised if a method is not valid for the current scenario."""
 
 
-LONG_VERSION_PY = {}
-HANDLERS = {}
+LONG_VERSION_PY: Dict[str, str] = {}
+HANDLERS: Dict[str, Dict[str, Callable]] = {}
 
 
-def register_vcs_handler(vcs, method):  # decorator
+def register_vcs_handler(vcs: str, method: str) -> Callable:  # decorator
     """Create decorator to mark a method as the handler of a VCS."""
 
-    def decorate(f):
+    def decorate(f: Callable) -> Callable:
         """Store f in HANDLERS[vcs][method]."""
         if vcs not in HANDLERS:
             HANDLERS[vcs] = {}
@@ -68,11 +78,25 @@ def decorate(f):
     return decorate
 
 
-# pylint:disable=too-many-arguments,consider-using-with # noqa
-def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False, env=None):
+def run_command(
+    commands: List[str],
+    args: List[str],
+    cwd: Optional[str] = None,
+    verbose: bool = False,
+    hide_stderr: bool = False,
+    env: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[int]]:
     """Call the given command(s)."""
     assert isinstance(commands, list)
     process = None
+
+    popen_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        # This hides the console window if pythonw.exe is used
+        startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
+        startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
+        popen_kwargs["startupinfo"] = startupinfo
+
     for command in commands:
         try:
             dispcmd = str([command] + args)
@@ -83,10 +107,10 @@ def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False, env=
                 env=env,
                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                 stderr=(subprocess.PIPE if hide_stderr else None),
+                **popen_kwargs,
             )
             break
-        except EnvironmentError:
-            e = sys.exc_info()[1]
+        except OSError as e:
             if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
                 continue
             if verbose:
@@ -106,7 +130,11 @@ def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False, env=
     return stdout, process.returncode
 
 
-def versions_from_parentdir(parentdir_prefix, root, verbose):
+def versions_from_parentdir(
+    parentdir_prefix: str,
+    root: str,
+    verbose: bool,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Try to determine the version from the parent directory name.
 
     Source tarballs conventionally unpack into a directory that includes both
@@ -137,13 +165,13 @@ def versions_from_parentdir(parentdir_prefix, root, verbose):
 
 
 @register_vcs_handler("git", "get_keywords")
-def git_get_keywords(versionfile_abs):
+def git_get_keywords(versionfile_abs: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
     """Extract version information from the given file."""
     # the code embedded in _version.py can just fetch the value of these
     # keywords. When used from setup.py, we don't want to import _version.py,
     # so we do it with a regexp instead. This function is not used from
     # _version.py.
-    keywords = {}
+    keywords: Dict[str, str] = {}
     try:
         with open(versionfile_abs, "r") as fobj:
             for line in fobj:
@@ -159,13 +187,17 @@ def git_get_keywords(versionfile_abs):
                     mo = re.search(r'=\s*"(.*)"', line)
                     if mo:
                         keywords["date"] = mo.group(1)
-    except EnvironmentError:
+    except OSError:
         pass
     return keywords
 
 
 @register_vcs_handler("git", "keywords")
-def git_versions_from_keywords(keywords, tag_prefix, verbose):
+def git_versions_from_keywords(
+    keywords: Dict[str, str],
+    tag_prefix: str,
+    verbose: bool,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get version information from git keywords."""
     if "refnames" not in keywords:
         raise NotThisMethod("Short version file found")
@@ -236,7 +268,9 @@ def git_versions_from_keywords(keywords, tag_prefix, verbose):
 
 
 @register_vcs_handler("git", "pieces_from_vcs")
-def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
+def git_pieces_from_vcs(
+    tag_prefix: str, root: str, verbose: bool, runner: Callable = run_command
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get version from 'git describe' in the root of the source tree.
 
     This only gets called if the git-archive 'subst' keywords were *not*
@@ -247,7 +281,14 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
     if sys.platform == "win32":
         GITS = ["git.cmd", "git.exe"]
 
-    _, rc = runner(GITS, ["rev-parse", "--git-dir"], cwd=root, hide_stderr=True)
+    # GIT_DIR can interfere with correct operation of Versioneer.
+    # It may be intended to be passed to the Versioneer-versioned project,
+    # but that should not change where we get our version from.
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env.pop("GIT_DIR", None)
+    runner = functools.partial(runner, env=env)
+
+    _, rc = runner(GITS, ["rev-parse", "--git-dir"], cwd=root, hide_stderr=not verbose)
     if rc != 0:
         if verbose:
             print("Directory %s not under git control" % root)
@@ -264,7 +305,7 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
             "--always",
             "--long",
             "--match",
-            "%s*" % tag_prefix,
+            f"{tag_prefix}[[:digit:]]*",
         ],
         cwd=root,
     )
@@ -277,7 +318,7 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
         raise NotThisMethod("'git rev-parse' failed")
     full_out = full_out.strip()
 
-    pieces = {}
+    pieces: Dict[str, Any] = {}
     pieces["long"] = full_out
     pieces["short"] = full_out[:7]  # maybe improved later
     pieces["error"] = None
@@ -356,8 +397,8 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
     else:
         # HEX: no tags
         pieces["closest-tag"] = None
-        count_out, rc = runner(GITS, ["rev-list", "HEAD", "--count"], cwd=root)
-        pieces["distance"] = int(count_out)  # total number of commits
+        out, rc = runner(GITS, ["rev-list", "HEAD", "--left-right"], cwd=root)
+        pieces["distance"] = len(out.split())  # total number of commits
 
     # commit date: see ISO-8601 comment in git_versions_from_keywords()
     date = runner(GITS, ["show", "-s", "--format=%ci", "HEAD"], cwd=root)[0].strip()
@@ -369,14 +410,14 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
     return pieces
 
 
-def plus_or_dot(pieces):
+def plus_or_dot(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """Return a + if we don't already have one, else return a ."""
     if "+" in pieces.get("closest-tag", ""):
         return "."
     return "+"
 
 
-def render_pep440(pieces):
+def render_pep440(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """Build up version string, with post-release "local version identifier".
 
     Our goal: TAG[+DISTANCE.gHEX[.dirty]] . Note that if you
@@ -400,7 +441,7 @@ def render_pep440(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_branch(pieces):
+def render_pep440_branch(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[[.dev0]+DISTANCE.gHEX[.dirty]] .
 
     The ".dev0" means not master branch. Note that .dev0 sorts backwards
@@ -429,23 +470,41 @@ def render_pep440_branch(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_pre(pieces):
-    """TAG[.post0.devDISTANCE] -- No -dirty.
+def pep440_split_post(ver: str) -> Tuple[str, Optional[int]]:
+    """Split pep440 version string at the post-release segment.
+
+    Returns the release segments before the post-release and the
+    post-release version number (or -1 if no post-release segment is present).
+    """
+    vc = str.split(ver, ".post")
+    return vc[0], int(vc[1] or 0) if len(vc) == 2 else None
+
+
+def render_pep440_pre(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    """TAG[.postN.devDISTANCE] -- No -dirty.
 
     Exceptions:
     1: no tags. 0.post0.devDISTANCE
     """
     if pieces["closest-tag"]:
-        rendered = pieces["closest-tag"]
         if pieces["distance"]:
-            rendered += ".post0.dev%d" % pieces["distance"]
+            # update the post release segment
+            tag_version, post_version = pep440_split_post(pieces["closest-tag"])
+            rendered = tag_version
+            if post_version is not None:
+                rendered += ".post%d.dev%d" % (post_version + 1, pieces["distance"])
+            else:
+                rendered += ".post0.dev%d" % (pieces["distance"])
+        else:
+            # no commits, use the tag as the version
+            rendered = pieces["closest-tag"]
     else:
         # exception #1
         rendered = "0.post0.dev%d" % pieces["distance"]
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_post(pieces):
+def render_pep440_post(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[.postDISTANCE[.dev0]+gHEX] .
 
     The ".dev0" means dirty. Note that .dev0 sorts backwards
@@ -472,7 +531,7 @@ def render_pep440_post(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_post_branch(pieces):
+def render_pep440_post_branch(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[.postDISTANCE[.dev0]+gHEX[.dirty]] .
 
     The ".dev0" means not master branch.
@@ -501,7 +560,7 @@ def render_pep440_post_branch(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_old(pieces):
+def render_pep440_old(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[.postDISTANCE[.dev0]] .
 
     The ".dev0" means dirty.
@@ -523,7 +582,7 @@ def render_pep440_old(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_git_describe(pieces):
+def render_git_describe(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[-DISTANCE-gHEX][-dirty].
 
     Like 'git describe --tags --dirty --always'.
@@ -543,7 +602,7 @@ def render_git_describe(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_git_describe_long(pieces):
+def render_git_describe_long(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG-DISTANCE-gHEX[-dirty].
 
     Like 'git describe --tags --dirty --always -long'.
@@ -563,7 +622,7 @@ def render_git_describe_long(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render(pieces, style):
+def render(pieces: Dict[str, Any], style: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Render the given version pieces into the requested style."""
     if pieces["error"]:
         return {
@@ -605,7 +664,7 @@ def render(pieces, style):
     }
 
 
-def get_versions():
+def get_versions() -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get version information or return default if unable to do so."""
     # I am in _version.py, which lives at ROOT/VERSIONFILE_SOURCE. If we have
     # __file__, we can work backwards from there to the root. Some
diff --git a/versioneer.py b/versioneer.py
index 987c46774df4..4a427cd2e12e 100644
--- a/versioneer.py
+++ b/versioneer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# Version: 0.20
-# versioneer is on 0.29, would be good to update
+# Version: 0.29
 
 """The Versioneer - like a rocketeer, but for versions.
 
@@ -9,12 +8,12 @@
 * like a rocketeer, but for versions!
 * https://github.com/python-versioneer/python-versioneer
 * Brian Warner
-* License: Public Domain
-* Compatible with: Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and pypy3
+* License: Public Domain (Unlicense)
+* Compatible with: Python 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 and pypy3
 * [![Latest Version][pypi-image]][pypi-url]
 * [![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url]
 
-This is a tool for managing a recorded version number in distutils-based
+This is a tool for managing a recorded version number in setuptools-based
 python projects. The goal is to remove the tedious and error-prone "update
 the embedded version string" step from your release process. Making a new
 release should be as easy as recording a new tag in your version-control
@@ -23,10 +22,38 @@
 
 ## Quick Install
 
+Versioneer provides two installation modes. The "classic" vendored mode installs
+a copy of versioneer into your repository. The experimental build-time dependency mode
+is intended to allow you to skip this step and simplify the process of upgrading.
+
+### Vendored mode
+
+* `pip install versioneer` to somewhere in your $PATH
+   * A [conda-forge recipe](https://github.com/conda-forge/versioneer-feedstock) is
+     available, so you can also use `conda install -c conda-forge versioneer`
+* add a `[tool.versioneer]` section to your `pyproject.toml` or a
+  `[versioneer]` section to your `setup.cfg` (see [Install](INSTALL.md))
+   * Note that you will need to add `tomli; python_version < "3.11"` to your
+     build-time dependencies if you use `pyproject.toml`
+* run `versioneer install --vendor` in your source tree, commit the results
+* verify version information with `python setup.py version`
+
+### Build-time dependency mode
+
 * `pip install versioneer` to somewhere in your $PATH
-* add a `[versioneer]` section to your setup.cfg (see [Install](INSTALL.md))
-* run `versioneer install` in your source tree, commit the results
-* Verify version information with `python setup.py version`
+   * A [conda-forge recipe](https://github.com/conda-forge/versioneer-feedstock) is
+     available, so you can also use `conda install -c conda-forge versioneer`
+* add a `[tool.versioneer]` section to your `pyproject.toml` or a
+  `[versioneer]` section to your `setup.cfg` (see [Install](INSTALL.md))
+* add `versioneer` (with `[toml]` extra, if configuring in `pyproject.toml`)
+  to the `requires` key of the `build-system` table in `pyproject.toml`:
+  ```toml
+  [build-system]
+  requires = ["setuptools", "versioneer[toml]"]
+  build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+  ```
+* run `versioneer install --no-vendor` in your source tree, commit the results
+* verify version information with `python setup.py version`
 
 ## Version Identifiers
 
@@ -231,9 +258,10 @@
 To upgrade your project to a new release of Versioneer, do the following:
 
 * install the new Versioneer (`pip install -U versioneer` or equivalent)
-* edit `setup.cfg`, if necessary, to include any new configuration settings
-  indicated by the release notes. See [UPGRADING](./UPGRADING.md) for details.
-* re-run `versioneer install` in your source tree, to replace
+* edit `setup.cfg` and `pyproject.toml`, if necessary,
+  to include any new configuration settings indicated by the release notes.
+  See [UPGRADING](./UPGRADING.md) for details.
+* re-run `versioneer install --[no-]vendor` in your source tree, to replace
   `SRC/_version.py`
 * commit any changed files
 
@@ -263,9 +291,8 @@
 
 To make Versioneer easier to embed, all its code is dedicated to the public
 domain. The `_version.py` that it creates is also in the public domain.
-Specifically, both are released under the Creative Commons "Public Domain
-Dedication" license (CC0-1.0), as described in
-https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ .
+Specifically, both are released under the "Unlicense", as described in
+https://unlicense.org/.
 
 [pypi-image]: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/versioneer.svg
 [pypi-url]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/versioneer/
@@ -274,21 +301,46 @@
 [travis-url]: https://travis-ci.com/github/python-versioneer/python-versioneer
 
 """
+# pylint:disable=invalid-name,import-outside-toplevel,missing-function-docstring
+# pylint:disable=missing-class-docstring,too-many-branches,too-many-statements
+# pylint:disable=raise-missing-from,too-many-lines,too-many-locals,import-error
+# pylint:disable=too-few-public-methods,redefined-outer-name,consider-using-with
+# pylint:disable=attribute-defined-outside-init,too-many-arguments
 
 import configparser
 import errno
+import functools
 import json
 import os
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, NoReturn, Optional, Tuple, Union, cast
+
+have_tomllib = True
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+    import tomllib
+else:
+    try:
+        import tomli as tomllib
+    except ImportError:
+        have_tomllib = False
 
 
-class VersioneerConfig:  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods # noqa
+class VersioneerConfig:
     """Container for Versioneer configuration parameters."""
 
+    VCS: str
+    style: str
+    tag_prefix: str
+    versionfile_source: str
+    versionfile_build: Optional[str]
+    parentdir_prefix: Optional[str]
+    verbose: Optional[bool]
+
 
-def get_root():
+def get_root() -> str:
     """Get the project root directory.
 
     We require that all commands are run from the project root, i.e. the
@@ -296,13 +348,23 @@ def get_root():
     """
     root = os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(os.getcwd()))
     setup_py = os.path.join(root, "setup.py")
+    pyproject_toml = os.path.join(root, "pyproject.toml")
     versioneer_py = os.path.join(root, "versioneer.py")
-    if not (os.path.exists(setup_py) or os.path.exists(versioneer_py)):
+    if not (
+        os.path.exists(setup_py)
+        or os.path.exists(pyproject_toml)
+        or os.path.exists(versioneer_py)
+    ):
         # allow 'python path/to/setup.py COMMAND'
         root = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0])))
         setup_py = os.path.join(root, "setup.py")
+        pyproject_toml = os.path.join(root, "pyproject.toml")
         versioneer_py = os.path.join(root, "versioneer.py")
-    if not (os.path.exists(setup_py) or os.path.exists(versioneer_py)):
+    if not (
+        os.path.exists(setup_py)
+        or os.path.exists(pyproject_toml)
+        or os.path.exists(versioneer_py)
+    ):
         err = (
             "Versioneer was unable to run the project root directory. "
             "Versioneer requires setup.py to be executed from "
@@ -321,7 +383,7 @@ def get_root():
         my_path = os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(__file__))
         me_dir = os.path.normcase(os.path.splitext(my_path)[0])
         vsr_dir = os.path.normcase(os.path.splitext(versioneer_py)[0])
-        if me_dir != vsr_dir:
+        if me_dir != vsr_dir and "VERSIONEER_PEP518" not in globals():
             print(
                 "Warning: build in %s is using versioneer.py from %s"
                 % (os.path.dirname(my_path), versioneer_py)
@@ -331,32 +393,51 @@ def get_root():
     return root
 
 
-def get_config_from_root(root):
+def get_config_from_root(root: str) -> VersioneerConfig:
     """Read the project setup.cfg file to determine Versioneer config."""
-    # This might raise EnvironmentError (if setup.cfg is missing), or
+    # This might raise OSError (if setup.cfg is missing), or
     # configparser.NoSectionError (if it lacks a [versioneer] section), or
     # configparser.NoOptionError (if it lacks "VCS="). See the docstring at
     # the top of versioneer.py for instructions on writing your setup.cfg .
-    setup_cfg = os.path.join(root, "setup.cfg")
-    parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    with open(setup_cfg, "r") as cfg_file:
-        parser.read_file(cfg_file)
-    VCS = parser.get("versioneer", "VCS")  # mandatory
-
-    # Dict-like interface for non-mandatory entries
-    section = parser["versioneer"]
+    root_pth = Path(root)
+    pyproject_toml = root_pth / "pyproject.toml"
+    setup_cfg = root_pth / "setup.cfg"
+    section: Union[Dict[str, Any], configparser.SectionProxy, None] = None
+    if pyproject_toml.exists() and have_tomllib:
+        try:
+            with open(pyproject_toml, "rb") as fobj:
+                pp = tomllib.load(fobj)
+            section = pp["tool"]["versioneer"]
+        except (tomllib.TOMLDecodeError, KeyError) as e:
+            print(f"Failed to load config from {pyproject_toml}: {e}")
+            print("Try to load it from setup.cfg")
+    if not section:
+        parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        with open(setup_cfg) as cfg_file:
+            parser.read_file(cfg_file)
+        parser.get("versioneer", "VCS")  # raise error if missing
+
+        section = parser["versioneer"]
+
+    # `cast`` really shouldn't be used, but its simplest for the
+    # common VersioneerConfig users at the moment. We verify against
+    # `None` values elsewhere where it matters
 
-    # pylint:disable=attribute-defined-outside-init # noqa
     cfg = VersioneerConfig()
-    cfg.VCS = VCS
+    cfg.VCS = section["VCS"]
     cfg.style = section.get("style", "")
-    cfg.versionfile_source = section.get("versionfile_source")
+    cfg.versionfile_source = cast(str, section.get("versionfile_source"))
     cfg.versionfile_build = section.get("versionfile_build")
-    cfg.tag_prefix = section.get("tag_prefix")
-    if cfg.tag_prefix in ("''", '""'):
+    cfg.tag_prefix = cast(str, section.get("tag_prefix"))
+    if cfg.tag_prefix in ("''", '""', None):
         cfg.tag_prefix = ""
     cfg.parentdir_prefix = section.get("parentdir_prefix")
-    cfg.verbose = section.get("verbose")
+    if isinstance(section, configparser.SectionProxy):
+        # Make sure configparser translates to bool
+        cfg.verbose = section.getboolean("verbose")
+    else:
+        cfg.verbose = section.get("verbose")
+
     return cfg
 
 
@@ -365,14 +446,14 @@ class NotThisMethod(Exception):
 
 
 # these dictionaries contain VCS-specific tools
-LONG_VERSION_PY = {}
-HANDLERS = {}
+LONG_VERSION_PY: Dict[str, str] = {}
+HANDLERS: Dict[str, Dict[str, Callable]] = {}
 
 
-def register_vcs_handler(vcs, method):  # decorator
+def register_vcs_handler(vcs: str, method: str) -> Callable:  # decorator
     """Create decorator to mark a method as the handler of a VCS."""
 
-    def decorate(f):
+    def decorate(f: Callable) -> Callable:
         """Store f in HANDLERS[vcs][method]."""
         HANDLERS.setdefault(vcs, {})[method] = f
         return f
@@ -380,11 +461,25 @@ def decorate(f):
     return decorate
 
 
-# pylint:disable=too-many-arguments,consider-using-with # noqa
-def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False, env=None):
+def run_command(
+    commands: List[str],
+    args: List[str],
+    cwd: Optional[str] = None,
+    verbose: bool = False,
+    hide_stderr: bool = False,
+    env: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[int]]:
     """Call the given command(s)."""
     assert isinstance(commands, list)
     process = None
+
+    popen_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        # This hides the console window if pythonw.exe is used
+        startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
+        startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
+        popen_kwargs["startupinfo"] = startupinfo
+
     for command in commands:
         try:
             dispcmd = str([command] + args)
@@ -395,10 +490,10 @@ def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False, env=
                 env=env,
                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                 stderr=(subprocess.PIPE if hide_stderr else None),
+                **popen_kwargs,
             )
             break
-        except EnvironmentError:
-            e = sys.exc_info()[1]
+        except OSError as e:
             if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
                 continue
             if verbose:
@@ -425,8 +520,9 @@ def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False, env=
 # directories (produced by setup.py build) will contain a much shorter file
 # that just contains the computed version number.
 
-# This file is released into the public domain. Generated by
-# versioneer-0.20 (https://github.com/python-versioneer/python-versioneer)
+# This file is released into the public domain.
+# Generated by versioneer-0.29
+# https://github.com/python-versioneer/python-versioneer
 
 """Git implementation of _version.py."""
 
@@ -435,9 +531,11 @@ def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False, env=
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+import functools
 
 
-def get_keywords():
+def get_keywords() -> Dict[str, str]:
     """Get the keywords needed to look up the version information."""
     # these strings will be replaced by git during git-archive.
     # setup.py/versioneer.py will grep for the variable names, so they must
@@ -450,11 +548,18 @@ def get_keywords():
     return keywords
 
 
-class VersioneerConfig:  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class VersioneerConfig:
     """Container for Versioneer configuration parameters."""
 
+    VCS: str
+    style: str
+    tag_prefix: str
+    parentdir_prefix: str
+    versionfile_source: str
+    verbose: bool
 
-def get_config():
+
+def get_config() -> VersioneerConfig:
     """Create, populate and return the VersioneerConfig() object."""
     # these strings are filled in when 'setup.py versioneer' creates
     # _version.py
@@ -472,13 +577,13 @@ class NotThisMethod(Exception):
     """Exception raised if a method is not valid for the current scenario."""
 
 
-LONG_VERSION_PY = {}
-HANDLERS = {}
+LONG_VERSION_PY: Dict[str, str] = {}
+HANDLERS: Dict[str, Dict[str, Callable]] = {}
 
 
-def register_vcs_handler(vcs, method):  # decorator
+def register_vcs_handler(vcs: str, method: str) -> Callable:  # decorator
     """Create decorator to mark a method as the handler of a VCS."""
-    def decorate(f):
+    def decorate(f: Callable) -> Callable:
         """Store f in HANDLERS[vcs][method]."""
         if vcs not in HANDLERS:
             HANDLERS[vcs] = {}
@@ -487,12 +592,25 @@ def decorate(f):
     return decorate
 
 
-# pylint:disable=too-many-arguments,consider-using-with # noqa
-def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False,
-                env=None):
+def run_command(
+    commands: List[str],
+    args: List[str],
+    cwd: Optional[str] = None,
+    verbose: bool = False,
+    hide_stderr: bool = False,
+    env: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[int]]:
     """Call the given command(s)."""
     assert isinstance(commands, list)
     process = None
+
+    popen_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        # This hides the console window if pythonw.exe is used
+        startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
+        startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
+        popen_kwargs["startupinfo"] = startupinfo
+
     for command in commands:
         try:
             dispcmd = str([command] + args)
@@ -500,10 +618,9 @@ def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False,
             process = subprocess.Popen([command] + args, cwd=cwd, env=env,
                                        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                        stderr=(subprocess.PIPE if hide_stderr
-                                               else None))
+                                               else None), **popen_kwargs)
             break
-        except EnvironmentError:
-            e = sys.exc_info()[1]
+        except OSError as e:
             if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:
                 continue
             if verbose:
@@ -523,7 +640,11 @@ def run_command(commands, args, cwd=None, verbose=False, hide_stderr=False,
     return stdout, process.returncode
 
 
-def versions_from_parentdir(parentdir_prefix, root, verbose):
+def versions_from_parentdir(
+    parentdir_prefix: str,
+    root: str,
+    verbose: bool,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Try to determine the version from the parent directory name.
 
     Source tarballs conventionally unpack into a directory that includes both
@@ -548,13 +669,13 @@ def versions_from_parentdir(parentdir_prefix, root, verbose):
 
 
 @register_vcs_handler("git", "get_keywords")
-def git_get_keywords(versionfile_abs):
+def git_get_keywords(versionfile_abs: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
     """Extract version information from the given file."""
     # the code embedded in _version.py can just fetch the value of these
     # keywords. When used from setup.py, we don't want to import _version.py,
     # so we do it with a regexp instead. This function is not used from
     # _version.py.
-    keywords = {}
+    keywords: Dict[str, str] = {}
     try:
         with open(versionfile_abs, "r") as fobj:
             for line in fobj:
@@ -570,13 +691,17 @@ def git_get_keywords(versionfile_abs):
                     mo = re.search(r'=\s*"(.*)"', line)
                     if mo:
                         keywords["date"] = mo.group(1)
-    except EnvironmentError:
+    except OSError:
         pass
     return keywords
 
 
 @register_vcs_handler("git", "keywords")
-def git_versions_from_keywords(keywords, tag_prefix, verbose):
+def git_versions_from_keywords(
+    keywords: Dict[str, str],
+    tag_prefix: str,
+    verbose: bool,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get version information from git keywords."""
     if "refnames" not in keywords:
         raise NotThisMethod("Short version file found")
@@ -640,7 +765,12 @@ def git_versions_from_keywords(keywords, tag_prefix, verbose):
 
 
 @register_vcs_handler("git", "pieces_from_vcs")
-def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
+def git_pieces_from_vcs(
+    tag_prefix: str,
+    root: str,
+    verbose: bool,
+    runner: Callable = run_command
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get version from 'git describe' in the root of the source tree.
 
     This only gets called if the git-archive 'subst' keywords were *not*
@@ -651,8 +781,15 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
     if sys.platform == "win32":
         GITS = ["git.cmd", "git.exe"]
 
+    # GIT_DIR can interfere with correct operation of Versioneer.
+    # It may be intended to be passed to the Versioneer-versioned project,
+    # but that should not change where we get our version from.
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env.pop("GIT_DIR", None)
+    runner = functools.partial(runner, env=env)
+
     _, rc = runner(GITS, ["rev-parse", "--git-dir"], cwd=root,
-                   hide_stderr=True)
+                   hide_stderr=not verbose)
     if rc != 0:
         if verbose:
             print("Directory %%s not under git control" %% root)
@@ -660,10 +797,10 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
 
     # if there is a tag matching tag_prefix, this yields TAG-NUM-gHEX[-dirty]
     # if there isn't one, this yields HEX[-dirty] (no NUM)
-    describe_out, rc = runner(GITS, ["describe", "--tags", "--dirty",
-                                     "--always", "--long",
-                                     "--match", "%%s*" %% tag_prefix],
-                              cwd=root)
+    describe_out, rc = runner(GITS, [
+        "describe", "--tags", "--dirty", "--always", "--long",
+        "--match", f"{tag_prefix}[[:digit:]]*"
+    ], cwd=root)
     # --long was added in git-1.5.5
     if describe_out is None:
         raise NotThisMethod("'git describe' failed")
@@ -673,7 +810,7 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
         raise NotThisMethod("'git rev-parse' failed")
     full_out = full_out.strip()
 
-    pieces = {}
+    pieces: Dict[str, Any] = {}
     pieces["long"] = full_out
     pieces["short"] = full_out[:7]  # maybe improved later
     pieces["error"] = None
@@ -752,8 +889,8 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
     else:
         # HEX: no tags
         pieces["closest-tag"] = None
-        count_out, rc = runner(GITS, ["rev-list", "HEAD", "--count"], cwd=root)
-        pieces["distance"] = int(count_out)  # total number of commits
+        out, rc = runner(GITS, ["rev-list", "HEAD", "--left-right"], cwd=root)
+        pieces["distance"] = len(out.split())  # total number of commits
 
     # commit date: see ISO-8601 comment in git_versions_from_keywords()
     date = runner(GITS, ["show", "-s", "--format=%%ci", "HEAD"], cwd=root)[0].strip()
@@ -765,14 +902,14 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
     return pieces
 
 
-def plus_or_dot(pieces):
+def plus_or_dot(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """Return a + if we don't already have one, else return a ."""
     if "+" in pieces.get("closest-tag", ""):
         return "."
     return "+"
 
 
-def render_pep440(pieces):
+def render_pep440(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """Build up version string, with post-release "local version identifier".
 
     Our goal: TAG[+DISTANCE.gHEX[.dirty]] . Note that if you
@@ -797,7 +934,7 @@ def render_pep440(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_branch(pieces):
+def render_pep440_branch(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[[.dev0]+DISTANCE.gHEX[.dirty]] .
 
     The ".dev0" means not master branch. Note that .dev0 sorts backwards
@@ -827,23 +964,41 @@ def render_pep440_branch(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_pre(pieces):
-    """TAG[.post0.devDISTANCE] -- No -dirty.
+def pep440_split_post(ver: str) -> Tuple[str, Optional[int]]:
+    """Split pep440 version string at the post-release segment.
+
+    Returns the release segments before the post-release and the
+    post-release version number (or -1 if no post-release segment is present).
+    """
+    vc = str.split(ver, ".post")
+    return vc[0], int(vc[1] or 0) if len(vc) == 2 else None
+
+
+def render_pep440_pre(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    """TAG[.postN.devDISTANCE] -- No -dirty.
 
     Exceptions:
     1: no tags. 0.post0.devDISTANCE
     """
     if pieces["closest-tag"]:
-        rendered = pieces["closest-tag"]
         if pieces["distance"]:
-            rendered += ".post0.dev%%d" %% pieces["distance"]
+            # update the post release segment
+            tag_version, post_version = pep440_split_post(pieces["closest-tag"])
+            rendered = tag_version
+            if post_version is not None:
+                rendered += ".post%%d.dev%%d" %% (post_version + 1, pieces["distance"])
+            else:
+                rendered += ".post0.dev%%d" %% (pieces["distance"])
+        else:
+            # no commits, use the tag as the version
+            rendered = pieces["closest-tag"]
     else:
         # exception #1
         rendered = "0.post0.dev%%d" %% pieces["distance"]
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_post(pieces):
+def render_pep440_post(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[.postDISTANCE[.dev0]+gHEX] .
 
     The ".dev0" means dirty. Note that .dev0 sorts backwards
@@ -870,7 +1025,7 @@ def render_pep440_post(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_post_branch(pieces):
+def render_pep440_post_branch(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[.postDISTANCE[.dev0]+gHEX[.dirty]] .
 
     The ".dev0" means not master branch.
@@ -899,7 +1054,7 @@ def render_pep440_post_branch(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_old(pieces):
+def render_pep440_old(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[.postDISTANCE[.dev0]] .
 
     The ".dev0" means dirty.
@@ -921,7 +1076,7 @@ def render_pep440_old(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_git_describe(pieces):
+def render_git_describe(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[-DISTANCE-gHEX][-dirty].
 
     Like 'git describe --tags --dirty --always'.
@@ -941,7 +1096,7 @@ def render_git_describe(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_git_describe_long(pieces):
+def render_git_describe_long(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG-DISTANCE-gHEX[-dirty].
 
     Like 'git describe --tags --dirty --always -long'.
@@ -961,7 +1116,7 @@ def render_git_describe_long(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render(pieces, style):
+def render(pieces: Dict[str, Any], style: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Render the given version pieces into the requested style."""
     if pieces["error"]:
         return {"version": "unknown",
@@ -997,7 +1152,7 @@ def render(pieces, style):
             "date": pieces.get("date")}
 
 
-def get_versions():
+def get_versions() -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get version information or return default if unable to do so."""
     # I am in _version.py, which lives at ROOT/VERSIONFILE_SOURCE. If we have
     # __file__, we can work backwards from there to the root. Some
@@ -1045,13 +1200,13 @@ def get_versions():
 
 
 @register_vcs_handler("git", "get_keywords")
-def git_get_keywords(versionfile_abs):
+def git_get_keywords(versionfile_abs: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
     """Extract version information from the given file."""
     # the code embedded in _version.py can just fetch the value of these
     # keywords. When used from setup.py, we don't want to import _version.py,
     # so we do it with a regexp instead. This function is not used from
     # _version.py.
-    keywords = {}
+    keywords: Dict[str, str] = {}
     try:
         with open(versionfile_abs, "r") as fobj:
             for line in fobj:
@@ -1067,13 +1222,17 @@ def git_get_keywords(versionfile_abs):
                     mo = re.search(r'=\s*"(.*)"', line)
                     if mo:
                         keywords["date"] = mo.group(1)
-    except EnvironmentError:
+    except OSError:
         pass
     return keywords
 
 
 @register_vcs_handler("git", "keywords")
-def git_versions_from_keywords(keywords, tag_prefix, verbose):
+def git_versions_from_keywords(
+    keywords: Dict[str, str],
+    tag_prefix: str,
+    verbose: bool,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get version information from git keywords."""
     if "refnames" not in keywords:
         raise NotThisMethod("Short version file found")
@@ -1144,7 +1303,9 @@ def git_versions_from_keywords(keywords, tag_prefix, verbose):
 
 
 @register_vcs_handler("git", "pieces_from_vcs")
-def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
+def git_pieces_from_vcs(
+    tag_prefix: str, root: str, verbose: bool, runner: Callable = run_command
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get version from 'git describe' in the root of the source tree.
 
     This only gets called if the git-archive 'subst' keywords were *not*
@@ -1155,7 +1316,14 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
     if sys.platform == "win32":
         GITS = ["git.cmd", "git.exe"]
 
-    _, rc = runner(GITS, ["rev-parse", "--git-dir"], cwd=root, hide_stderr=True)
+    # GIT_DIR can interfere with correct operation of Versioneer.
+    # It may be intended to be passed to the Versioneer-versioned project,
+    # but that should not change where we get our version from.
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env.pop("GIT_DIR", None)
+    runner = functools.partial(runner, env=env)
+
+    _, rc = runner(GITS, ["rev-parse", "--git-dir"], cwd=root, hide_stderr=not verbose)
     if rc != 0:
         if verbose:
             print("Directory %s not under git control" % root)
@@ -1172,7 +1340,7 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
             "--always",
             "--long",
             "--match",
-            "%s*" % tag_prefix,
+            f"{tag_prefix}[[:digit:]]*",
         ],
         cwd=root,
     )
@@ -1185,7 +1353,7 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
         raise NotThisMethod("'git rev-parse' failed")
     full_out = full_out.strip()
 
-    pieces = {}
+    pieces: Dict[str, Any] = {}
     pieces["long"] = full_out
     pieces["short"] = full_out[:7]  # maybe improved later
     pieces["error"] = None
@@ -1264,8 +1432,8 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
     else:
         # HEX: no tags
         pieces["closest-tag"] = None
-        count_out, rc = runner(GITS, ["rev-list", "HEAD", "--count"], cwd=root)
-        pieces["distance"] = int(count_out)  # total number of commits
+        out, rc = runner(GITS, ["rev-list", "HEAD", "--left-right"], cwd=root)
+        pieces["distance"] = len(out.split())  # total number of commits
 
     # commit date: see ISO-8601 comment in git_versions_from_keywords()
     date = runner(GITS, ["show", "-s", "--format=%ci", "HEAD"], cwd=root)[0].strip()
@@ -1277,7 +1445,7 @@ def git_pieces_from_vcs(tag_prefix, root, verbose, runner=run_command):
     return pieces
 
 
-def do_vcs_install(manifest_in, versionfile_source, ipy):
+def do_vcs_install(versionfile_source: str, ipy: Optional[str]) -> None:
     """Git-specific installation logic for Versioneer.
 
     For Git, this means creating/changing .gitattributes to mark _version.py
@@ -1286,17 +1454,18 @@ def do_vcs_install(manifest_in, versionfile_source, ipy):
     GITS = ["git"]
     if sys.platform == "win32":
         GITS = ["git.cmd", "git.exe"]
-    files = [manifest_in, versionfile_source]
+    files = [versionfile_source]
     if ipy:
         files.append(ipy)
-    try:
-        my_path = __file__
-        if my_path.endswith(".pyc") or my_path.endswith(".pyo"):
-            my_path = os.path.splitext(my_path)[0] + ".py"
-        versioneer_file = os.path.relpath(my_path)
-    except NameError:
-        versioneer_file = "versioneer.py"
-    files.append(versioneer_file)
+    if "VERSIONEER_PEP518" not in globals():
+        try:
+            my_path = __file__
+            if my_path.endswith((".pyc", ".pyo")):
+                my_path = os.path.splitext(my_path)[0] + ".py"
+            versioneer_file = os.path.relpath(my_path)
+        except NameError:
+            versioneer_file = "versioneer.py"
+        files.append(versioneer_file)
     present = False
     try:
         with open(".gitattributes", "r") as fobj:
@@ -1305,7 +1474,7 @@ def do_vcs_install(manifest_in, versionfile_source, ipy):
                     if "export-subst" in line.strip().split()[1:]:
                         present = True
                         break
-    except EnvironmentError:
+    except OSError:
         pass
     if not present:
         with open(".gitattributes", "a+") as fobj:
@@ -1314,7 +1483,11 @@ def do_vcs_install(manifest_in, versionfile_source, ipy):
     run_command(GITS, ["add", "--"] + files)
 
 
-def versions_from_parentdir(parentdir_prefix, root, verbose):
+def versions_from_parentdir(
+    parentdir_prefix: str,
+    root: str,
+    verbose: bool,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Try to determine the version from the parent directory name.
 
     Source tarballs conventionally unpack into a directory that includes both
@@ -1345,7 +1518,7 @@ def versions_from_parentdir(parentdir_prefix, root, verbose):
 
 
 SHORT_VERSION_PY = """
-# This file was generated by 'versioneer.py' (0.20) from
+# This file was generated by 'versioneer.py' (0.29) from
 # revision-control system data, or from the parent directory name of an
 # unpacked source archive. Distribution tarballs contain a pre-generated copy
 # of this file.
@@ -1362,12 +1535,12 @@ def get_versions():
 """
 
 
-def versions_from_file(filename):
+def versions_from_file(filename: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Try to determine the version from _version.py if present."""
     try:
         with open(filename) as f:
             contents = f.read()
-    except EnvironmentError:
+    except OSError:
         raise NotThisMethod("unable to read _version.py")
     mo = re.search(
         r"version_json = '''\n(.*)'''  # END VERSION_JSON", contents, re.M | re.S
@@ -1381,9 +1554,8 @@ def versions_from_file(filename):
     return json.loads(mo.group(1))
 
 
-def write_to_version_file(filename, versions):
+def write_to_version_file(filename: str, versions: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     """Write the given version number to the given _version.py file."""
-    os.unlink(filename)
     contents = json.dumps(versions, sort_keys=True, indent=1, separators=(",", ": "))
     with open(filename, "w") as f:
         f.write(SHORT_VERSION_PY % contents)
@@ -1391,14 +1563,14 @@ def write_to_version_file(filename, versions):
     print("set %s to '%s'" % (filename, versions["version"]))
 
 
-def plus_or_dot(pieces):
+def plus_or_dot(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """Return a + if we don't already have one, else return a ."""
     if "+" in pieces.get("closest-tag", ""):
         return "."
     return "+"
 
 
-def render_pep440(pieces):
+def render_pep440(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """Build up version string, with post-release "local version identifier".
 
     Our goal: TAG[+DISTANCE.gHEX[.dirty]] . Note that if you
@@ -1422,7 +1594,7 @@ def render_pep440(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_branch(pieces):
+def render_pep440_branch(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[[.dev0]+DISTANCE.gHEX[.dirty]] .
 
     The ".dev0" means not master branch. Note that .dev0 sorts backwards
@@ -1451,23 +1623,41 @@ def render_pep440_branch(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_pre(pieces):
-    """TAG[.post0.devDISTANCE] -- No -dirty.
+def pep440_split_post(ver: str) -> Tuple[str, Optional[int]]:
+    """Split pep440 version string at the post-release segment.
+
+    Returns the release segments before the post-release and the
+    post-release version number (or -1 if no post-release segment is present).
+    """
+    vc = str.split(ver, ".post")
+    return vc[0], int(vc[1] or 0) if len(vc) == 2 else None
+
+
+def render_pep440_pre(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    """TAG[.postN.devDISTANCE] -- No -dirty.
 
     Exceptions:
     1: no tags. 0.post0.devDISTANCE
     """
     if pieces["closest-tag"]:
-        rendered = pieces["closest-tag"]
         if pieces["distance"]:
-            rendered += ".post0.dev%d" % pieces["distance"]
+            # update the post release segment
+            tag_version, post_version = pep440_split_post(pieces["closest-tag"])
+            rendered = tag_version
+            if post_version is not None:
+                rendered += ".post%d.dev%d" % (post_version + 1, pieces["distance"])
+            else:
+                rendered += ".post0.dev%d" % (pieces["distance"])
+        else:
+            # no commits, use the tag as the version
+            rendered = pieces["closest-tag"]
     else:
         # exception #1
         rendered = "0.post0.dev%d" % pieces["distance"]
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_post(pieces):
+def render_pep440_post(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[.postDISTANCE[.dev0]+gHEX] .
 
     The ".dev0" means dirty. Note that .dev0 sorts backwards
@@ -1494,7 +1684,7 @@ def render_pep440_post(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_post_branch(pieces):
+def render_pep440_post_branch(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[.postDISTANCE[.dev0]+gHEX[.dirty]] .
 
     The ".dev0" means not master branch.
@@ -1523,7 +1713,7 @@ def render_pep440_post_branch(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_pep440_old(pieces):
+def render_pep440_old(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[.postDISTANCE[.dev0]] .
 
     The ".dev0" means dirty.
@@ -1545,7 +1735,7 @@ def render_pep440_old(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_git_describe(pieces):
+def render_git_describe(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG[-DISTANCE-gHEX][-dirty].
 
     Like 'git describe --tags --dirty --always'.
@@ -1565,7 +1755,7 @@ def render_git_describe(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render_git_describe_long(pieces):
+def render_git_describe_long(pieces: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     """TAG-DISTANCE-gHEX[-dirty].
 
     Like 'git describe --tags --dirty --always -long'.
@@ -1585,7 +1775,7 @@ def render_git_describe_long(pieces):
     return rendered
 
 
-def render(pieces, style):
+def render(pieces: Dict[str, Any], style: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Render the given version pieces into the requested style."""
     if pieces["error"]:
         return {
@@ -1631,7 +1821,7 @@ class VersioneerBadRootError(Exception):
     """The project root directory is unknown or missing key files."""
 
 
-def get_versions(verbose=False):
+def get_versions(verbose: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     """Get the project version from whatever source is available.
 
     Returns dict with two keys: 'version' and 'full'.
@@ -1646,7 +1836,7 @@ def get_versions(verbose=False):
     assert cfg.VCS is not None, "please set [versioneer]VCS= in setup.cfg"
     handlers = HANDLERS.get(cfg.VCS)
     assert handlers, "unrecognized VCS '%s'" % cfg.VCS
-    verbose = verbose or cfg.verbose
+    verbose = verbose or bool(cfg.verbose)  # `bool()` used to avoid `None`
     assert (
         cfg.versionfile_source is not None
     ), "please set versioneer.versionfile_source"
@@ -1712,12 +1902,12 @@ def get_versions(verbose=False):
     }
 
 
-def get_version():
+def get_version() -> str:
     """Get the short version string for this project."""
     return get_versions()["version"]
 
 
-def get_cmdclass(cmdclass=None):
+def get_cmdclass(cmdclass: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None):
     """Get the custom setuptools subclasses used by Versioneer.
 
     If the package uses a different cmdclass (e.g. one from numpy), it
@@ -1740,20 +1930,21 @@ def get_cmdclass(cmdclass=None):
 
     cmds = {} if cmdclass is None else cmdclass.copy()
 
+    # we add "version" to setuptools
     from setuptools import Command
 
     class cmd_version(Command):
         description = "report generated version string"
-        user_options = []
-        boolean_options = []
+        user_options: List[Tuple[str, str, str]] = []
+        boolean_options: List[str] = []
 
-        def initialize_options(self):
+        def initialize_options(self) -> None:
             pass
 
-        def finalize_options(self):
+        def finalize_options(self) -> None:
             pass
 
-        def run(self):
+        def run(self) -> None:
             vers = get_versions(verbose=True)
             print("Version: %s" % vers["version"])
             print(" full-revisionid: %s" % vers.get("full-revisionid"))
@@ -1764,7 +1955,7 @@ def run(self):
 
     cmds["version"] = cmd_version
 
-    # we override "build_py" in both distutils and setuptools
+    # we override "build_py" in setuptools
     #
     # most invocation pathways end up running build_py:
     #  distutils/build -> build_py
@@ -1779,18 +1970,25 @@ def run(self):
     #   then does setup.py bdist_wheel, or sometimes setup.py install
     #  setup.py egg_info -> ?
 
+    # pip install -e . and setuptool/editable_wheel will invoke build_py
+    # but the build_py command is not expected to copy any files.
+
     # we override different "build_py" commands for both environments
     if "build_py" in cmds:
-        _build_py = cmds["build_py"]
-    elif "setuptools" in sys.modules:
+        _build_py: Any = cmds["build_py"]
+    else:
         from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py as _build_py
 
     class cmd_build_py(_build_py):
-        def run(self):
+        def run(self) -> None:
             root = get_root()
             cfg = get_config_from_root(root)
             versions = get_versions()
             _build_py.run(self)
+            if getattr(self, "editable_mode", False):
+                # During editable installs `.py` and data files are
+                # not copied to build_lib
+                return
             # now locate _version.py in the new build/ directory and replace
             # it with an updated value
             if cfg.versionfile_build:
@@ -1801,12 +1999,12 @@ def run(self):
     cmds["build_py"] = cmd_build_py
 
     if "build_ext" in cmds:
-        _build_ext = cmds["build_ext"]
-    elif "setuptools" in sys.modules:
+        _build_ext: Any = cmds["build_ext"]
+    else:
         from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext as _build_ext
 
     class cmd_build_ext(_build_ext):
-        def run(self):
+        def run(self) -> None:
             root = get_root()
             cfg = get_config_from_root(root)
             versions = get_versions()
@@ -1819,15 +2017,23 @@ def run(self):
                 return
             # now locate _version.py in the new build/ directory and replace
             # it with an updated value
+            if not cfg.versionfile_build:
+                return
             target_versionfile = os.path.join(self.build_lib, cfg.versionfile_build)
+            if not os.path.exists(target_versionfile):
+                print(
+                    f"Warning: {target_versionfile} does not exist, skipping "
+                    "version update. This can happen if you are running build_ext "
+                    "without first running build_py."
+                )
+                return
             print("UPDATING %s" % target_versionfile)
             write_to_version_file(target_versionfile, versions)
 
     cmds["build_ext"] = cmd_build_ext
 
     if "cx_Freeze" in sys.modules:  # cx_freeze enabled?
-        from cx_Freeze.dist import build_exe as _build_exe
-
+        from cx_Freeze.dist import build_exe as _build_exe  # type: ignore
         # nczeczulin reports that py2exe won't like the pep440-style string
         # as FILEVERSION, but it can be used for PRODUCTVERSION, e.g.
         # setup(console=[{
@@ -1836,7 +2042,7 @@ def run(self):
         #   ...
 
         class cmd_build_exe(_build_exe):
-            def run(self):
+            def run(self) -> None:
                 root = get_root()
                 cfg = get_config_from_root(root)
                 versions = get_versions()
@@ -1863,10 +2069,13 @@ def run(self):
         del cmds["build_py"]
 
     if "py2exe" in sys.modules:  # py2exe enabled?
-        from py2exe.setuptools_buildexe import py2exe as _py2exe
+        try:
+            from py2exe.setuptools_buildexe import py2exe as _py2exe  # type: ignore
+        except ImportError:
+            from py2exe.distutils_buildexe import py2exe as _py2exe  # type: ignore
 
         class cmd_py2exe(_py2exe):
-            def run(self):
+            def run(self) -> None:
                 root = get_root()
                 cfg = get_config_from_root(root)
                 versions = get_versions()
@@ -1891,23 +2100,62 @@ def run(self):
 
         cmds["py2exe"] = cmd_py2exe
 
+    # sdist farms its file list building out to egg_info
+    if "egg_info" in cmds:
+        _egg_info: Any = cmds["egg_info"]
+    else:
+        from setuptools.command.egg_info import egg_info as _egg_info
+
+    class cmd_egg_info(_egg_info):
+        def find_sources(self) -> None:
+            # egg_info.find_sources builds the manifest list and writes it
+            # in one shot
+            super().find_sources()
+
+            # Modify the filelist and normalize it
+            root = get_root()
+            cfg = get_config_from_root(root)
+            self.filelist.append("versioneer.py")
+            if cfg.versionfile_source:
+                # There are rare cases where versionfile_source might not be
+                # included by default, so we must be explicit
+                self.filelist.append(cfg.versionfile_source)
+            self.filelist.sort()
+            self.filelist.remove_duplicates()
+
+            # The write method is hidden in the manifest_maker instance that
+            # generated the filelist and was thrown away
+            # We will instead replicate their final normalization (to unicode,
+            # and POSIX-style paths)
+            from setuptools import unicode_utils
+
+            normalized = [
+                unicode_utils.filesys_decode(f).replace(os.sep, "/")
+                for f in self.filelist.files
+            ]
+
+            manifest_filename = os.path.join(self.egg_info, "SOURCES.txt")
+            with open(manifest_filename, "w") as fobj:
+                fobj.write("\n".join(normalized))
+
+    cmds["egg_info"] = cmd_egg_info
+
     # we override different "sdist" commands for both environments
     if "sdist" in cmds:
-        _sdist = cmds["sdist"]
-    elif "setuptools" in sys.modules:
+        _sdist: Any = cmds["sdist"]
+    else:
         from setuptools.command.sdist import sdist as _sdist
 
     class cmd_sdist(_sdist):
-        def run(self):
+        def run(self) -> None:
             versions = get_versions()
-            # pylint:disable=attribute-defined-outside-init # noqa
             self._versioneer_generated_versions = versions
             # unless we update this, the command will keep using the old
             # version
             self.distribution.metadata.version = versions["version"]
             return _sdist.run(self)
 
-        def make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files):
+        def make_release_tree(self, base_dir: str, files: List[str]) -> None:
             root = get_root()
             cfg = get_config_from_root(root)
             _sdist.make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files)
@@ -1974,17 +2222,13 @@ def make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files):
 """
 
 
-def do_setup():
+def do_setup() -> int:
     """Do main VCS-independent setup function for installing Versioneer."""
     root = get_root()
     try:
         cfg = get_config_from_root(root)
-    except (
-        EnvironmentError,
-        configparser.NoSectionError,
-        configparser.NoOptionError,
-    ) as e:
-        if isinstance(e, (EnvironmentError, configparser.NoSectionError)):
+    except (OSError, configparser.NoSectionError, configparser.NoOptionError) as e:
+        if isinstance(e, (OSError, configparser.NoSectionError)):
             print("Adding sample versioneer config to setup.cfg", file=sys.stderr)
             with open(os.path.join(root, "setup.cfg"), "a") as f:
                 f.write(SAMPLE_CONFIG)
@@ -2006,11 +2250,12 @@ def do_setup():
         )
 
     ipy = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(cfg.versionfile_source), "__init__.py")
+    maybe_ipy: Optional[str] = ipy
     if os.path.exists(ipy):
         try:
             with open(ipy, "r") as f:
                 old = f.read()
-        except EnvironmentError:
+        except OSError:
             old = ""
         module = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(cfg.versionfile_source))[0]
         snippet = INIT_PY_SNIPPET.format(module)
@@ -2026,50 +2271,16 @@ def do_setup():
             print(" %s unmodified" % ipy)
     else:
         print(" %s doesn't exist, ok" % ipy)
-        ipy = None
-
-    # Make sure both the top-level "versioneer.py" and versionfile_source
-    # (PKG/_version.py, used by runtime code) are in MANIFEST.in, so
-    # they'll be copied into source distributions. Pip won't be able to
-    # install the package without this.
-    manifest_in = os.path.join(root, "MANIFEST.in")
-    simple_includes = set()
-    try:
-        with open(manifest_in, "r") as f:
-            for line in f:
-                if line.startswith("include "):
-                    for include in line.split()[1:]:
-                        simple_includes.add(include)
-    except EnvironmentError:
-        pass
-    # That doesn't cover everything MANIFEST.in can do
-    # (http://docs.python.org/2/distutils/sourcedist.html#commands), so
-    # it might give some false negatives. Appending redundant 'include'
-    # lines is safe, though.
-    if "versioneer.py" not in simple_includes:
-        print(" appending 'versioneer.py' to MANIFEST.in")
-        with open(manifest_in, "a") as f:
-            f.write("include versioneer.py\n")
-    else:
-        print(" 'versioneer.py' already in MANIFEST.in")
-    if cfg.versionfile_source not in simple_includes:
-        print(
-            " appending versionfile_source ('%s') to MANIFEST.in"
-            % cfg.versionfile_source
-        )
-        with open(manifest_in, "a") as f:
-            f.write("include %s\n" % cfg.versionfile_source)
-    else:
-        print(" versionfile_source already in MANIFEST.in")
+        maybe_ipy = None
 
     # Make VCS-specific changes. For git, this means creating/changing
     # .gitattributes to mark _version.py for export-subst keyword
     # substitution.
-    do_vcs_install(manifest_in, cfg.versionfile_source, ipy)
+    do_vcs_install(cfg.versionfile_source, maybe_ipy)
     return 0
 
 
-def scan_setup_py():
+def scan_setup_py() -> int:
     """Validate the contents of setup.py against Versioneer's expectations."""
     found = set()
     setters = False
@@ -2106,10 +2317,14 @@ def scan_setup_py():
     return errors
 
 
+def setup_command() -> NoReturn:
+    """Set up Versioneer and exit with appropriate error code."""
+    errors = do_setup()
+    errors += scan_setup_py()
+    sys.exit(1 if errors else 0)
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     cmd = sys.argv[1]
     if cmd == "setup":
-        errors = do_setup()
-        errors += scan_setup_py()
-        if errors:
-            sys.exit(1)
+        setup_command()