question: __about__.py "version" field automatically updated (unwanted behavior)
context: When editing code in VSCode, the pytorch_lightning/__about__.py file keeps getting automatically updated
  __version__ = "1.5.0dev" -> __version__ = "20210827"
  
  like in 5f4f3c5#r697656347
  Does anyone know how to stop this from happening? Thanks!
answer: After a few days of my investigation, it turned out that it's not from any extensions but from our script in .github/:
  
    
      
        pytorch-lightning/.github/prepare-nightly_version.py
      
      
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             print(f"prepare init '{_PATH_INFO}' - replace version by {now_date}") 
          
      
    
  
  
  I locally confirmed that $ pytest in the project root directory will run all the scripts matching *.py except for those in the excluded directories, and thus it also runs the above file. Not sure why everyone doesn't experience this issue, but I'll submit a fix anyway.