README.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+**This plugin is obsolete. ``setuptools_scm >= 7.0.0`` supports Git archives by itself.**
+
 This is a `setuptools_scm <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools_scm>`_ plugin
 that adds support for git archives (for example the ones GitHub automatically
 generates).

setuptools_scm_git_archive/__init__.py

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 from os.path import join
 import re
+import warnings
 
 from setuptools_scm import Configuration
 from setuptools_scm.utils import data_from_mime, trace
 from setuptools_scm.version import meta, tags_to_versions
 
 
+warnings.warn(DeprecationWarning(
+    "This plugin is obsolete. setuptools_scm >= 7.0.0 supports Git archives by itself."
+))
+
+
 tag_re = re.compile(r'(?<=\btag: )([^,]+)\b')
 
 # Define default config so call to meta() does not warn