@@ -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__ = 'git'
 
 from git.actor import Actor
 from git.blob import Blob
 
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ def get_dir(self):
         return self.git_dir
 
     def execute(self, command,
-                istream = None,
-                with_status = False,
-                with_stderr = False,
-                with_exceptions = False,
-                with_raw_output = False,
+                istream=None,
+                with_status=False,
+                with_stderr=False,
+                with_exceptions=False,
+                with_raw_output=False,
                 ):
         """
         Handles executing the command on the shell and consumes and returns
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ def execute(self, command,
 
         # Start the process
         proc = subprocess.Popen(command,
-                                cwd = self.git_dir,
-                                stdin = istream,
-                                stderr = stderr,
-                                stdout = subprocess.PIPE
+                                cwd=self.git_dir,
+                                stdin=istream,
+                                stderr=stderr,
+                                stdout=subprocess.PIPE
                                 )
 
         # Wait for the process to return
 
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ 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, []
     f = open(filename, 'r')
     for line in f:
         if '__version__ =' in line:
-            line = line.replace("'svn'", "'%s'" % VERSION)
+            line = line.replace("'git'", "'%s'" % VERSION)
             found = True
         out.append(line)
     f.close()
 
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@ def test_it_handles_large_input(self):
     @patch(Git, 'execute')
     def test_it_ignores_false_kwargs(self, git):
         # this_should_not_be_ignored=False implies it *should* be ignored
-        output = self.git.version( pass_this_kwarg=False )
-        assert_true( "pass_this_kwarg" not in git.call_args[1] )
+        output = self.git.version(pass_this_kwarg=False)
+        assert_true("pass_this_kwarg" not in git.call_args[1])
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 GIT_REPO = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 
 def fixture_path(name):
-    test_dir = os.path.dirname( os.path.dirname(__file__) )
+    test_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
     return os.path.join(test_dir, "fixtures", name)
 
 def fixture(name):