@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import inspect
 
-# grab the version information
-v = open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..', 'VERSION'))
-__version__ = v.readline().strip()
-v.close()
+__version__ = 'svn'
 
 from git.actor import Actor
 from git.blob import Blob
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def make_release_tree (self, base_dir, files):
         if hasattr(os, 'link') and path.exists(dest):
             os.unlink(dest)
         self.copy_file(orig, dest)
-        # _stamp_version(dest)
+        _stamp_version(dest)
 
 def _stamp_version(filename):
     found, out = False, []