old_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  """
      controlbeast
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
      :copyright: Copyright 2013 by the ControlBeast team, see AUTHORS.
      :license: ISC, see LICENSE for details.
  """
  
  VERSION = (0, 1, 0, 'alpha', 0)
  COPYRIGHT = ('2013', 'the ControlBeast team')
  
  def get_version(*args, **kwargs):
      """
      Returns PEP 386 compliant version number for the Pytain package
      """
      from controlbeast.utils.version import get_version
      return get_version(*args, **kwargs)
new_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  """
      controlbeast
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
      :copyright: Copyright 2013 by the ControlBeast team, see AUTHORS.
      :license: ISC, see LICENSE for details.
  """
  
  VERSION = (0, 1, 0, 'alpha', 0)
  COPYRIGHT = ('2013', 'the ControlBeast team')
  
  DEFAULTS = {
      'scm': 'Git'
  }
  
  
  def get_conf(key):
      """
      Get a global configuration value by its key
  
      :param key: string identifying the requested configuration value
      :returns the requested configuration value or None
      """
      if key in DEFAULTS:
          return DEFAULTS[key]
      else:
          return None
  
  
  def get_version(*args, **kwargs):
      """
      Returns PEP 386 compliant version number for the Pytain package
      """
      from controlbeast.utils.version import get_version
      return get_version(*args, **kwargs)
subject: Implement simple mechanism for configuration handling