Index: leahi_dialin/version.py
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diff -u -r1c0302ebcb0d4d70249ab0932f43b0143e19a1d9 -r230095218088ec691b15c63393c7bc1d51ed9ab3
--- leahi_dialin/version.py	(.../version.py)	(revision 1c0302ebcb0d4d70249ab0932f43b0143e19a1d9)
+++ leahi_dialin/version.py	(.../version.py)	(revision 230095218088ec691b15c63393c7bc1d51ed9ab3)
@@ -7,17 +7,20 @@
 #
 # @file    version.py
 #
-# @author  (last)      Dara Navaei
-# @date    (last)      18-Jan-2023
+# @author  (last)      Zoltan Miskolci
+# @date    (last)      22-Jun-2026
 # @author  (original)  Peter Lucia
-# @date    (original)  18-Jun-2020
+# @date    (original)  22-Jun-2021
 #
 ############################################################################
+
+# Module imports
 import subprocess
 import os.path
+from typing import Tuple
 
-VERSION = "0.9.0"
 
+VERSION_FILE_LOCATION = f'{os.path.realpath(__file__)}/../../VERSION'
 
 def get_branch():
     """
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@
     """
     Gets the latest commit in the current git repository
 
-    @return: (str) the latest commit in the current git repository, None if it can't be determined
+    @return: (str) The latest commit in the current git repository, None if it can't be determined
     """
     try:
         # Change the folder to where this file is for git versioning and then back to the original position
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         return None
 
+
 def check_if_git_repo():
     """
     Checks if we're in a git repo or not to know if we can get the git branch and commit
@@ -62,22 +66,35 @@
 
     curdir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
     os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-    res =  subprocess.call(["git", "branch"], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL) == 0
+    res = subprocess.call(["git", "branch"], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL) == 0
     os.chdir(curdir)
     return res
 
 
-branch = None
-commit = None
+def read_version_file() -> Tuple[str, str, str, str]:
+    """
+    Loads the information from the VERSION file.
 
-DEV_VERSION = VERSION
+    @return: Version information
+    """
+    version = None
+    build_num = None
+    branch = None
+    commit = None
 
-if check_if_git_repo():
-    branch = get_branch()
-    commit = get_last_commit()
-    DEV_VERSION += ".{0}".format(branch)
-    DEV_VERSION += ".{0}".format(commit)
+    with open(file = os.path.abspath(VERSION_FILE_LOCATION)) as f:
+        content = f.read().split('-')
+        version = content[0]
+        build_num = content[1]
+        branch = content[2]
+        if branch == 'local' and check_if_git_repo():
+            branch = get_branch()
+            commit = get_last_commit()
 
+    return f'{version}.{build_num}.{branch}.{commit}'    
 
+
+DEV_VERSION = read_version_file()
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    print(VERSION)
+    print(DEV_VERSION)
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