We are currently solving the following issue within our repository. Here is the issue text:
--- BEGIN ISSUE ---
redis-py version attribute should be decoupled from the redis module
Following the conversation from https://github.com/redis/redis-py/issues/1625#issuecomment-991744836 looks like importing `redis` module prior to installation in `setup.py` for `version` attribute is not ideal.

Currently there are two places where module version is required.
- `setup.py` for module installation
- `redis/__init__.py` for module level `__version__` attribute

One way to fix this is to maintain a `version.py` file in top level directory and using that as source of truth in both the above places. 

@chayim @hartwork What do you think? I can create a PR for this :)

--- END ISSUE ---

Below are some code segments, each from a relevant file. One or more of these files may contain bugs.
--- BEGIN FILES ---
Path: `setup.py`
Content:
```
1 #!/usr/bin/env python
2 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
3 
4 import redis
5 
6 setup(
7     name="redis",
8     description="Python client for Redis database and key-value store",
9     long_description=open("README.md").read().strip(),
10     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
11     keywords=["Redis", "key-value store", "database"],
12     license="MIT",
13     version=redis.__version__,
14     packages=find_packages(
15         include=[
16             "redis",
17             "redis.commands",
18             "redis.commands.bf",
19             "redis.commands.json",
20             "redis.commands.search",
21             "redis.commands.timeseries",
22             "redis.commands.graph",
23         ]
24     ),
25     url="https://github.com/redis/redis-py",
26     author="Redis Inc.",
27     author_email="oss@redis.com",
28     python_requires=">=3.6",
29     setup_requires=[
30         "packaging>=21.3",
31     ],
32     install_requires=[
33         "deprecated>=1.2.3",
34         "packaging>=21.3",
35     ],
36     classifiers=[
37         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
38         "Environment :: Console",
39         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
40         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
41         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
42         "Programming Language :: Python",
43         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
44         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
45         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
46         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
47         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
48         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
49         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
50         "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
51         "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
52     ],
53     extras_require={
54         "hiredis": ["hiredis>=1.0.0"],
55     },
56 )
57
```

Path: `redis/__init__.py`
Content:
```
1 from redis.client import Redis, StrictRedis
2 from redis.cluster import RedisCluster
3 from redis.connection import (
4     BlockingConnectionPool,
5     Connection,
6     ConnectionPool,
7     SSLConnection,
8     UnixDomainSocketConnection,
9 )
10 from redis.exceptions import (
11     AuthenticationError,
12     AuthenticationWrongNumberOfArgsError,
13     BusyLoadingError,
14     ChildDeadlockedError,
15     ConnectionError,
16     DataError,
17     InvalidResponse,
18     PubSubError,
19     ReadOnlyError,
20     RedisError,
21     ResponseError,
22     TimeoutError,
23     WatchError,
24 )
25 from redis.sentinel import (
26     Sentinel,
27     SentinelConnectionPool,
28     SentinelManagedConnection,
29     SentinelManagedSSLConnection,
30 )
31 from redis.utils import from_url
32 
33 
34 def int_or_str(value):
35     try:
36         return int(value)
37     except ValueError:
38         return value
39 
40 
41 __version__ = "4.1.0rc2"
42 
43 
44 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(".")))
45 
46 __all__ = [
47     "AuthenticationError",
48     "AuthenticationWrongNumberOfArgsError",
49     "BlockingConnectionPool",
50     "BusyLoadingError",
51     "ChildDeadlockedError",
52     "Connection",
53     "ConnectionError",
54     "ConnectionPool",
55     "DataError",
56     "from_url",
57     "InvalidResponse",
58     "PubSubError",
59     "ReadOnlyError",
60     "Redis",
61     "RedisCluster",
62     "RedisError",
63     "ResponseError",
64     "Sentinel",
65     "SentinelConnectionPool",
66     "SentinelManagedConnection",
67     "SentinelManagedSSLConnection",
68     "SSLConnection",
69     "StrictRedis",
70     "TimeoutError",
71     "UnixDomainSocketConnection",
72     "WatchError",
73 ]
74
```
--- END FILES ---

Please first localize the bug based on the issue statement, and then generate a patch according to the `git diff` format fenced by three backticks.

Here is an example:

```diff
diff --git a/examples/server_async.py b/examples/server_async.py
--- a/examples/server_async.py
+++ b/examples/server_async.py
@@ -313,4 +313,4 @@
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    asyncio.run(run_async_server("."), debug=True)
+    asyncio.run(run_async_server(), debug=True)
diff --git a/examples/server_sync.py b/examples/server_sync.py
--- a/examples/server_sync.py
+++ b/examples/server_sync.py
@@ -313,5 +313,5 @@
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    server = run_sync_server(".")
+    server = run_sync_server()
     server.shutdown()

```

diff --git a/redis/__init__.py b/redis/__init__.py
--- a/redis/__init__.py
+++ b/redis/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
+    from importlib import metadata
+else:
+    import importlib_metadata as metadata
+
 from redis.client import Redis, StrictRedis
 from redis.cluster import RedisCluster
 from redis.connection import (
@@ -38,7 +45,10 @@
         return value
 
 
-__version__ = "4.1.0rc2"
+try:
+    __version__ = metadata.version("redis")
+except metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+    __version__ = "99.99.99"
 
 
 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(".")))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-import redis
-
 setup(
     name="redis",
     description="Python client for Redis database and key-value store",
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     keywords=["Redis", "key-value store", "database"],
     license="MIT",
-    version=redis.__version__,
+    version="4.1.0rc2",
     packages=find_packages(
         include=[
             "redis",
@@ -26,12 +24,10 @@
     author="Redis Inc.",
     author_email="oss@redis.com",
     python_requires=">=3.6",
-    setup_requires=[
-        "packaging>=21.3",
-    ],
     install_requires=[
         "deprecated>=1.2.3",
         "packaging>=21.3",
+        'importlib-metadata >= 1.0; python_version < "3.8"',
     ],
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",

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I can create a PR for this :)\n", "before_files": [{"content": "#!/usr/bin/env python\nfrom setuptools import find_packages, setup\n\nimport redis\n\nsetup(\n    name=\"redis\",\n    description=\"Python client for Redis database and key-value store\",\n    long_description=open(\"README.md\").read().strip(),\n    long_description_content_type=\"text/markdown\",\n    keywords=[\"Redis\", \"key-value store\", \"database\"],\n    license=\"MIT\",\n    version=redis.__version__,\n    packages=find_packages(\n        include=[\n            \"redis\",\n            \"redis.commands\",\n            \"redis.commands.bf\",\n            \"redis.commands.json\",\n            \"redis.commands.search\",\n            \"redis.commands.timeseries\",\n            \"redis.commands.graph\",\n        ]\n    ),\n    url=\"https://github.com/redis/redis-py\",\n    author=\"Redis Inc.\",\n    author_email=\"oss@redis.com\",\n    python_requires=\">=3.6\",\n    setup_requires=[\n        \"packaging>=21.3\",\n    ],\n    install_requires=[\n        \"deprecated>=1.2.3\",\n        \"packaging>=21.3\",\n    ],\n    classifiers=[\n        \"Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable\",\n        \"Environment :: Console\",\n        \"Intended Audience :: Developers\",\n        \"License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License\",\n        \"Operating System :: OS Independent\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy\",\n    ],\n    extras_require={\n        \"hiredis\": [\"hiredis>=1.0.0\"],\n    },\n)\n", "path": "setup.py"}, {"content": "from redis.client import Redis, StrictRedis\nfrom redis.cluster import RedisCluster\nfrom redis.connection import (\n    BlockingConnectionPool,\n    Connection,\n    ConnectionPool,\n    SSLConnection,\n    UnixDomainSocketConnection,\n)\nfrom redis.exceptions import (\n    AuthenticationError,\n    AuthenticationWrongNumberOfArgsError,\n    BusyLoadingError,\n    ChildDeadlockedError,\n    ConnectionError,\n    DataError,\n    InvalidResponse,\n    PubSubError,\n    ReadOnlyError,\n    RedisError,\n    ResponseError,\n    TimeoutError,\n    WatchError,\n)\nfrom redis.sentinel import (\n    Sentinel,\n    SentinelConnectionPool,\n    SentinelManagedConnection,\n    SentinelManagedSSLConnection,\n)\nfrom redis.utils import from_url\n\n\ndef int_or_str(value):\n    try:\n        return int(value)\n    except ValueError:\n        return value\n\n\n__version__ = \"4.1.0rc2\"\n\n\nVERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(\".\")))\n\n__all__ = [\n    \"AuthenticationError\",\n    \"AuthenticationWrongNumberOfArgsError\",\n    \"BlockingConnectionPool\",\n    \"BusyLoadingError\",\n    \"ChildDeadlockedError\",\n    \"Connection\",\n    \"ConnectionError\",\n    \"ConnectionPool\",\n    \"DataError\",\n    \"from_url\",\n    \"InvalidResponse\",\n    \"PubSubError\",\n    \"ReadOnlyError\",\n    \"Redis\",\n    \"RedisCluster\",\n    \"RedisError\",\n    \"ResponseError\",\n    \"Sentinel\",\n    \"SentinelConnectionPool\",\n    \"SentinelManagedConnection\",\n    \"SentinelManagedSSLConnection\",\n    \"SSLConnection\",\n    \"StrictRedis\",\n    \"TimeoutError\",\n    \"UnixDomainSocketConnection\",\n    \"WatchError\",\n]\n", "path": "redis/__init__.py"}], "after_files": [{"content": "#!/usr/bin/env python\nfrom setuptools import find_packages, setup\n\nsetup(\n    name=\"redis\",\n    description=\"Python client for Redis database and key-value store\",\n    long_description=open(\"README.md\").read().strip(),\n    long_description_content_type=\"text/markdown\",\n    keywords=[\"Redis\", \"key-value store\", \"database\"],\n    license=\"MIT\",\n    version=\"4.1.0rc2\",\n    packages=find_packages(\n        include=[\n            \"redis\",\n            \"redis.commands\",\n            \"redis.commands.bf\",\n            \"redis.commands.json\",\n            \"redis.commands.search\",\n            \"redis.commands.timeseries\",\n            \"redis.commands.graph\",\n        ]\n    ),\n    url=\"https://github.com/redis/redis-py\",\n    author=\"Redis Inc.\",\n    author_email=\"oss@redis.com\",\n    python_requires=\">=3.6\",\n    install_requires=[\n        \"deprecated>=1.2.3\",\n        \"packaging>=21.3\",\n        'importlib-metadata >= 1.0; python_version < \"3.8\"',\n    ],\n    classifiers=[\n        \"Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable\",\n        \"Environment :: Console\",\n        \"Intended Audience :: Developers\",\n        \"License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License\",\n        \"Operating System :: OS Independent\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython\",\n        \"Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy\",\n    ],\n    extras_require={\n        \"hiredis\": [\"hiredis>=1.0.0\"],\n    },\n)\n", "path": "setup.py"}, {"content": "import sys\n\nif sys.version_info >= (3, 8):\n    from importlib import metadata\nelse:\n    import importlib_metadata as metadata\n\nfrom redis.client import Redis, StrictRedis\nfrom redis.cluster import RedisCluster\nfrom redis.connection import (\n    BlockingConnectionPool,\n    Connection,\n    ConnectionPool,\n    SSLConnection,\n    UnixDomainSocketConnection,\n)\nfrom redis.exceptions import (\n    AuthenticationError,\n    AuthenticationWrongNumberOfArgsError,\n    BusyLoadingError,\n    ChildDeadlockedError,\n    ConnectionError,\n    DataError,\n    InvalidResponse,\n    PubSubError,\n    ReadOnlyError,\n    RedisError,\n    ResponseError,\n    TimeoutError,\n    WatchError,\n)\nfrom redis.sentinel import (\n    Sentinel,\n    SentinelConnectionPool,\n    SentinelManagedConnection,\n    SentinelManagedSSLConnection,\n)\nfrom redis.utils import from_url\n\n\ndef int_or_str(value):\n    try:\n        return int(value)\n    except ValueError:\n        return value\n\n\ntry:\n    __version__ = metadata.version(\"redis\")\nexcept metadata.PackageNotFoundError:\n    __version__ = \"99.99.99\"\n\n\nVERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split(\".\")))\n\n__all__ = [\n    \"AuthenticationError\",\n    \"AuthenticationWrongNumberOfArgsError\",\n    \"BlockingConnectionPool\",\n    \"BusyLoadingError\",\n    \"ChildDeadlockedError\",\n    \"Connection\",\n    \"ConnectionError\",\n    \"ConnectionPool\",\n    \"DataError\",\n    \"from_url\",\n    \"InvalidResponse\",\n    \"PubSubError\",\n    \"ReadOnlyError\",\n    \"Redis\",\n    \"RedisCluster\",\n    \"RedisError\",\n    \"ResponseError\",\n    \"Sentinel\",\n    \"SentinelConnectionPool\",\n    \"SentinelManagedConnection\",\n    \"SentinelManagedSSLConnection\",\n    \"SSLConnection\",\n    \"StrictRedis\",\n    \"TimeoutError\",\n    \"UnixDomainSocketConnection\",\n    \"WatchError\",\n]\n", "path": "redis/__init__.py"}]}