Retrieves the version from path

def get_version(*file_paths):
    """Retrieves the version from path"""
    filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), *file_paths)
    print("Looking for version in: {}".format(filename))
    version_file = open(filename).read()
    version_match = re.search(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", version_file, re.M)
    if version_match:
        return version_match.group(1)
    raise RuntimeError('Unable to find version string.')