diff --git a/scraibe/version.py b/scraibe/version.py
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--- a/scraibe/version.py
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-import os
-import subprocess as sp
-
-MAJOR = 0
-MINOR = 1
-MICRO = 2
-ISRELEASED = False
-VERSION = '%d.%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
-
-# Return the git revision as a string
-# taken from numpy/numpy
-def git_version():
-    def _minimal_ext_cmd(cmd):
-        # construct minimal environment
-        env = {}
-        for k in ['SYSTEMROOT', 'PATH', 'HOME']:
-            v = os.environ.get(k)
-            if v is not None:
-                env[k] = v
-
-        # LANGUAGE is used on win32
-        env['LANGUAGE'] = 'C'
-        env['LANG'] = 'C'
-        env['LC_ALL'] = 'C'
-
-        out = sp.Popen(cmd, stdout=sp.PIPE, stderr=sp.PIPE, env=env).communicate()[0]
-        return out
-
-    try:
-        out = _minimal_ext_cmd(['git', 'rev-parse', 'HEAD'])
-        GIT_REVISION = out.strip().decode('ascii')
-    except OSError:
-        GIT_REVISION = "Unknown"
-
-    return GIT_REVISION
-
-def _get_git_version():
-    cwd = os.getcwd()
-
-    # go to the main directory
-    fdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-    maindir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(fdir, ".."))
-    # maindir = fdir # os.path.join(fdir, "..")
-    os.chdir(maindir)
-
-    # get git version
-    res = git_version()
-
-    # restore the cwd
-    os.chdir(cwd)
-    return res
-
-def get_version(build_version=False):
-    if ISRELEASED:
-        return VERSION
-
-    # unreleased version
-    GIT_REVISION = _get_git_version()
-
-    if build_version:
-        import datetime as dt
-        date = dt.date.strftime(dt.datetime.now(), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
-        return VERSION + ".dev" + date
-    else:
-        return VERSION + ".dev0+" + GIT_REVISION[:7]
-
-
-