From c40c524f68eff1a13118488b41d0f27305551693 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: codefiles <11915375+codefiles@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 18:48:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Move get_version() to version module

---
 archinstall/lib/args.py    | 12 +++---------
 archinstall/lib/plugins.py |  5 ++---
 archinstall/lib/version.py |  8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 archinstall/lib/version.py

diff --git a/archinstall/lib/args.py b/archinstall/lib/args.py
index 58e154b166..6d1e10a393 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/args.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/args.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import urllib.parse
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from importlib.metadata import version
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Self
 from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@
 from archinstall.lib.output import debug, error, logger, warn
 from archinstall.lib.plugins import load_plugin
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import Language, tr, translation_handler
+from archinstall.lib.version import get_version
 
 
 @p_dataclass
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
 
 		try:
 			self._config = ArchConfig.from_config(config, args)
-			self._config.version = self._get_version()
+			self._config.version = get_version()
 		except ValueError as err:
 			warn(str(err))
 			sys.exit(1)
@@ -288,12 +288,6 @@ def get_script(self) -> str:
 	def print_help(self) -> None:
 		self._parser.print_help()
 
-	def _get_version(self) -> str:
-		try:
-			return version('archinstall')
-		except Exception:
-			return 'Archinstall version not found'
-
 	def _define_arguments(self) -> ArgumentParser:
 		parser = ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
 		parser.add_argument(
@@ -301,7 +295,7 @@ def _define_arguments(self) -> ArgumentParser:
 			'--version',
 			action='version',
 			default=False,
-			version='%(prog)s ' + self._get_version(),
+			version='%(prog)s ' + get_version(),
 		)
 		parser.add_argument(
 			'--config',
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/plugins.py b/archinstall/lib/plugins.py
index 31c23b4a81..919fcf2387 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/plugins.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/plugins.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from archinstall.lib.output import error, info, warn
+from archinstall.lib.version import get_version
 
 plugins = {}
 
@@ -94,11 +95,9 @@ def load_plugin(path: Path) -> None:
 		namespace = _import_via_path(localized)
 
 	if namespace and namespace in sys.modules:
-		from archinstall.lib.args import arch_config_handler
-
 		# Version dependency via __archinstall__version__ variable (if present) in the plugin
 		# Any errors in version inconsistency will be handled through normal error handling if not defined.
-		version = arch_config_handler.config.version
+		version = get_version()
 
 		if version is not None:
 			version_major_and_minor = version.rsplit('.', 1)[0]
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/version.py b/archinstall/lib/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ec5f541da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archinstall/lib/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+
+def get_version() -> str:
+	try:
+		return version('archinstall')
+	except Exception:
+		return 'Archinstall version not found'