From 287dada236dbbeacbb753848d5d86158f2fa1917 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel McCloy <dan@mccloy.info>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:29:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] use project version (not theme version) in banner

---
 src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/scripts/pydata-sphinx-theme.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/scripts/pydata-sphinx-theme.js b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/scripts/pydata-sphinx-theme.js
index e7f26dfb9..c34ca831b 100644
--- a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/scripts/pydata-sphinx-theme.js
+++ b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/scripts/pydata-sphinx-theme.js
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ function populateVersionSwitcher(data, versionSwitcherBtns) {
  * @param {Array} data The version data used to populate the switcher menu.
  */
 function showVersionWarningBanner(data) {
-  const version = DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS.theme_version;
+  var version = DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS.VERSION;
   // figure out what latest stable version is
   var preferredEntries = data.filter((entry) => entry.preferred);
   if (preferredEntries.length !== 1) {
@@ -473,6 +473,8 @@ function showVersionWarningBanner(data) {
     bold.innerText = "an unstable development version";
   } else if (versionsAreComparable && compare(version, preferredVersion, "<")) {
     bold.innerText = `an old version (${version})`;
+  } else if (!version) {
+    bold.innerText = "an unknown version"; // e.g., an empty string
   } else {
     bold.innerText = `version ${version}`;
   }

From 37eb470b5a23cc3b86dc58821e38bbf34b9cbcd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel McCloy <dan@mccloy.info>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:28:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] change default text on version switcher button

---
 .../theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/components/version-switcher.html  | 2 +-
 tests/test_build/navbar_switcher.html                           | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/components/version-switcher.html b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/components/version-switcher.html
index 974aa8c87..5d07b9336 100644
--- a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/components/version-switcher.html
+++ b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/theme/pydata_sphinx_theme/components/version-switcher.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 document.write(`
   <div class="version-switcher__container dropdown">
     <button id="versionswitcherbutton" type="button" role="button" class="version-switcher__button btn btn-sm navbar-btn dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="listbox" aria-controls="versionswitcherlist" aria-label="Version switcher list">
-      {{ theme_switcher.get('version_match') }}  <!-- this text may get changed later by javascript -->
+      Choose version  <!-- this text may get changed later by javascript -->
       <span class="caret"></span>
     </button>
     <div id="versionswitcherlist" class="version-switcher__menu dropdown-menu list-group-flush py-0" role="listbox" aria-labelledby="versionswitcherbutton">
diff --git a/tests/test_build/navbar_switcher.html b/tests/test_build/navbar_switcher.html
index dd08c7f63..8084a3918 100644
--- a/tests/test_build/navbar_switcher.html
+++ b/tests/test_build/navbar_switcher.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  document.write(`
   <div class="version-switcher__container dropdown">
     <button id="versionswitcherbutton" type="button" role="button" class="version-switcher__button btn btn-sm navbar-btn dropdown-toggle" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="listbox" aria-controls="versionswitcherlist" aria-label="Version switcher list">
-      0.7.1  <!-- this text may get changed later by javascript -->
+      Choose version  <!-- this text may get changed later by javascript -->
       <span class="caret"></span>
     </button>
     <div id="versionswitcherlist" class="version-switcher__menu dropdown-menu list-group-flush py-0" role="listbox" aria-labelledby="versionswitcherbutton">