Index: VERSION
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diff -u
--- VERSION	(revision 0)
+++ VERSION	(revision 96528d6af0f0edb14cf4289297efb71bdff499da)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0.0-000-local
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Index: leahi_dialin/version.py
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diff -u -r7ce778dc51b7dba5a7a7ca14244ed7eea7bf029d -r96528d6af0f0edb14cf4289297efb71bdff499da
--- leahi_dialin/version.py	(.../version.py)	(revision 7ce778dc51b7dba5a7a7ca14244ed7eea7bf029d)
+++ leahi_dialin/version.py	(.../version.py)	(revision 96528d6af0f0edb14cf4289297efb71bdff499da)
@@ -8,16 +8,19 @@
 # @file    version.py
 #
 # @author  (last)      Zoltan Miskolci
-# @date    (last)      04-Dec-2025
+# @date    (last)      22-Jun-2026
 # @author  (original)  Peter Lucia
 # @date    (original)  22-Jun-2021
 #
 ############################################################################
+
+# Module imports
 import subprocess
 import os.path
+from typing import Tuple
 
-VERSION = "1.0.0"
 
+VERSION_FILE_LOCATION = './VERSION'
 
 def get_branch():
     """
@@ -68,17 +71,30 @@
     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(DEV_VERSION)
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