From d0bda7bb8595770287189b4e05d61ac0d3236d23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rory Barnes <rory@proxima.astro.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 16:56:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Changed setup.py to provide a more robust location for the
 file VERSION. Hopefully this helps other packages install more easily.

---
 setup.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bd5e7c596..5962f534b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 from setuptools.command.develop import develop
 
 # Read current code version
-VersionPath = os.path.join(os.path.abspath("."), "VERSION")
+VersionPath = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), "VERSION")
+print(VersionPath)
 VERSION = open(VersionPath, "r").read().split("\n")[0].strip()