now this can be a docker container and version a different repository that is on same file system

semver.py

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+import subprocess
+
+
+def semver():
+    # setup git user
+    p = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'config', 'user.email',
+                          '"versioner@semver.com"'], cwd='/application_repo')
+    p = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'config', 'user.name', '"Semantic Versioner"'],
+                          cwd='/application_repo')
+    p.wait()
+
+    # version repo
+    p = subprocess.Popen(['bumpversion', 'patch'], cwd='/application_repo')
+    p.wait()
+
+    '''
+    ' this will be difficult to do because we'd need to setup credentials in
+    '  docker container for git remote repo access
+    '
+    # push versioning commit
+    p = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'push', 'origin', 'develop'],
+                         cwd='/application_repo')
+    p.wait()
+
+    # push versioning tag
+    p = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'push', 'origin', '--tags'],
+                         cwd='/application_repo')
+    p.wait()
+    '''
+    return None
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    semver()