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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_version_info():
 """Extract version information as a dictionary from version.py."""

    version_info = {}
    with open(os.path.join("refcycle", "version.py"), 'r') as f:
        version_code = compile(f.read(), "version.py", 'exec')
        exec(version_code, version_info)
    return version_info