docs: def getversion(package):
      """
      Obtain the ``__version__`` for ``package``, looking at the egg information
      or the source repository's version control if necessary.
      """
      distribution = get_distribution(package)
      if distribution is None:
          raise RuntimeError("Can't find distribution {0}".format(package))
      repo_type = get_repo_type(distribution.location)
      if repo_type is None:
          return distribution.version
  
      return repo_type.get_version(distribution.location)