From 2bbbdccd2a011944796ec1250c9fccc6ce0e8b9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RhodeCode Admin <admin@rhodecode.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2023 09:44:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] dev(build): use more reliable setup code to read the current
 version

---
 setup.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3fbd3acf..373cac0f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -104,8 +104,12 @@ test_requirements = _get_requirements(
 
 
 def get_version():
-    version = pkgutil.get_data('rhodecode', 'VERSION')
-    return version.decode().strip()
+    here = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    ver_file = os.path.join(here, "rhodecode", "VERSION")
+    with open(ver_file, "rt") as f:
+        version = f.read().strip()
+
+    return version
 
 
 # additional files that goes into package itself