From 0b16c1322f71eaaa4a05572d48413b3068866e97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 07:02:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Simplified get_version() in django/__init__.py

Thanks Luke Plant for the report.
---
 django/__init__.py | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/django/__init__.py b/django/__init__.py
index 4430fec2c0..9dcb986397 100644
--- a/django/__init__.py
+++ b/django/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
+from django.utils.version import get_version
+
 VERSION = (1, 8, 0, 'alpha', 0)
 
-
-def get_version(*args, **kwargs):
-    # Avoid circular import
-    from django.utils.version import get_version
-    return get_version(*args, **kwargs)
-
-
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)