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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 getVersion(init_file):
 """ Return BUILDBOT_VERSION environment variable, content of VERSION file, git tag or 'latest' """


    try:
        return os.environ['BUILDBOT_VERSION']
    except KeyError:
        pass

    try:
        cwd = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(init_file))
        fn = os.path.join(cwd, 'VERSION')
        with open(fn) as f:
            return f.read().strip()
    except IOError:
        pass

    version = getVersionFromArchiveId()
    if version is not None:
        return version

    try:
        p = Popen(['git', 'describe', '--tags', '--always'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, cwd=cwd)
        out = p.communicate()[0]

        if (not p.returncode) and out:
            v = gitDescribeToPep440(str(out))
            if v:
                return v
    except OSError:
        pass

    try:
        # if we really can't find the version, we use the date of modification of the most recent file
        # docker hub builds cannot use git describe
        return mTimeVersion(init_file)
    except Exception:
        # bummer. lets report something
        return "latest"