code: def get_version(
      root=".",
      version_scheme="guess-next-dev",
      local_scheme="node-and-date",
      write_to=None,
      write_to_template=None,
      relative_to=None,
      tag_regex=None,
      fallback_version=None,
      parse=None,
      git_describe_command=None,
  ):
      
  
      config = Configuration()
      config.root = root
      config.version_scheme = version_scheme
      config.local_scheme = local_scheme
      config.write_to = write_to
      config.write_to_template = write_to_template
      config.relative_to = relative_to
      config.tag_regex = tag_regex
      config.fallback_version = fallback_version
      config.parse = parse
      config.git_describe_command = git_describe_command
  
      parsed_version = _do_parse(config)
  
      if parsed_version:
          version_string = format_version(
              parsed_version, version_scheme=version_scheme, local_scheme=local_scheme
          )
          dump_version(
              root=root,
              version=version_string,
              write_to=write_to,
              template=write_to_template,
          )
  
          return version_string
docs: If supplied, relative_to should be a file from which root may
      be resolved. Typically called by a script or module that is not
      in the root of the repository to direct setuptools_scm to the
      root of the repository by supplying ``__file__``.