Index: leahi_dialin/version.py
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diff -u -r2138d06d100fdcf23f2e9069f35ee2fdee62008f -r1c0302ebcb0d4d70249ab0932f43b0143e19a1d9
--- leahi_dialin/version.py	(.../version.py)	(revision 2138d06d100fdcf23f2e9069f35ee2fdee62008f)
+++ leahi_dialin/version.py	(.../version.py)	(revision 1c0302ebcb0d4d70249ab0932f43b0143e19a1d9)
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #
 ############################################################################
 import subprocess
+import os.path
 
 VERSION = "0.9.0"
 
@@ -26,7 +27,12 @@
     """
 
     try:
-        return subprocess.check_output("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD", shell=True).decode("utf-8").strip()
+        # Change the folder to where this file is for git versioning and then back to the original position
+        curdir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
+        os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+        res = subprocess.check_output("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD", shell=True).decode("utf-8").strip()
+        os.chdir(curdir)
+        return res
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         return None
 
@@ -38,19 +44,27 @@
     @return: (str) the latest commit in the current git repository, None if it can't be determined
     """
     try:
-        return subprocess.check_output("git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD", shell=True).decode("utf-8").strip()
+        # Change the folder to where this file is for git versioning and then back to the original position
+        curdir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
+        os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+        res = subprocess.check_output("git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD", shell=True).decode("utf-8").strip()
+        os.chdir(curdir)
+        return res
     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
 
     @return: True if in a git repo, False otherwise
     """
 
-    return subprocess.call(["git", "branch"], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL) == 0
+    curdir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
+    os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    res =  subprocess.call(["git", "branch"], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL) == 0
+    os.chdir(curdir)
+    return res
 
 
 branch = None