diff --git a/get_version.py b/get_version.py
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+from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
+
+
+def get_version():
+    config = ConfigParser()
+    config.read('.bumpversion.cfg')
+    version = config.get('bumpversion', 'current_version')
+    return version
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print get_version()