@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ STATIC_VERSION_FILE = '_static_version.py'

 def get_version(version_file=STATIC_VERSION_FILE):

-    version_info = {}

-    with open(os.path.join(package_root, version_file), 'rb') as f:

-        exec(f.read(), {}, version_info)

+    version_info = get_static_version_info(version_file)

     version = version_info['version']

     if version == "__use_git__":

         version = get_version_from_git()

@@ -36,6 +34,13 @@ def get_version(version_file=STATIC_VERSION_FILE):

         return version

+def get_static_version_info(version_file=STATIC_VERSION_FILE):

+    version_info = {}

+    with open(os.path.join(package_root, version_file), 'rb') as f:

+        exec(f.read(), {}, version_info)

+    return version_info

+

+

 def pep440_format(version_info):

     release, dev, labels = version_info