From 967e7bb14c8a858939707f43bec131f0e4cc587a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Ly <rly@lbl.gov>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:57:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Use static YAMLSpecWriter.sort_keys

---
 hdmf_docutils/doctools/rst.py | 4 ++--
 pyproject.toml                | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hdmf_docutils/doctools/rst.py b/hdmf_docutils/doctools/rst.py
index 188adf3..48f7106 100644
--- a/hdmf_docutils/doctools/rst.py
+++ b/hdmf_docutils/doctools/rst.py
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ def spec_to_yaml(spec):
         
         # Convert to plain dict first
         clean_spec = json.loads(json.dumps(spec, indent=4, separators=(',', ': ')))
+        
         # Sort keys using YAMLSpecWriter's sort_keys method
-        hdmf_yaml_writer = YAMLSpecWriter()
-        sorted_spec = hdmf_yaml_writer.sort_keys(clean_spec)
+        sorted_spec = YAMLSpecWriter.sort_keys(clean_spec)
         
         yaml = YAML(pure=True)
         yaml.default_flow_style = False
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 61091c4..c517641 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ keywords = [
 dependencies = [
     "matplotlib",
     "networkx",
-    "hdmf",
+    "hdmf>=4.1.0",
     "pillow",
     "sphinx",
     "sphinx-gallery",

From 0cca28f2aee4c0f60b9d3bcc9f600b8564930b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Ly <rly@lbl.gov>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:02:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Remove _version from source control

---
 hdmf_docutils/_version.py | 16 ----------------
 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 hdmf_docutils/_version.py

diff --git a/hdmf_docutils/_version.py b/hdmf_docutils/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ef71137..0000000
--- a/hdmf_docutils/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# file generated by setuptools_scm
-# don't change, don't track in version control
-TYPE_CHECKING = False
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Tuple, Union
-    VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
-else:
-    VERSION_TUPLE = object
-
-version: str
-__version__: str
-__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
-version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
-
-__version__ = version = '0.4.8.dev6+ga5f1c9d.d20250208'
-__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = (0, 4, 8, 'dev6', 'ga5f1c9d.d20250208')

From e8e70b399fe68d0349abaaa9bb5e6d43901bd59e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Ly <rly@lbl.gov>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:02:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Add _version.py to gitignore

---
 .gitignore | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 792ac30..d09f3ee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@ docs/_build
 # Add Hatch
 .hatch/
 .venv/
+
+# Hatch-vcs
+_version.py
\ No newline at end of file