From 52b94decf13e9311fb52663d5db114317458cf06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jens H. Nielsen" <Jens.Nielsen@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 13:51:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Wip using __loader__ to get module

---
 qcodes/_version.py             | 4 +++-
 qcodes/configuration/config.py | 5 +++--
 qcodes/monitor/monitor.py      | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qcodes/_version.py b/qcodes/_version.py
index 3979205fa20..165bcea6084 100644
--- a/qcodes/_version.py
+++ b/qcodes/_version.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ def _get_version() -> str:
 
     import versioningit
 
-    qcodes_path = files("qcodes")
+    root_module = __loader__.name.split(".")[0]
+
+    qcodes_path = files(root_module)
     return versioningit.get_version(project_dir=qcodes_path.parent)
 
 
diff --git a/qcodes/configuration/config.py b/qcodes/configuration/config.py
index 44ce1fba4b8..605d95af2e7 100644
--- a/qcodes/configuration/config.py
+++ b/qcodes/configuration/config.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "required": []
 }
 
+_PARENT_MODULE = ".".join(__loader__.name.split(".")[:-1])
 
 class Config:
     """
@@ -47,14 +48,14 @@ class Config:
     schema_file_name = "qcodesrc_schema.json"
     """Name of schema file"""
     # get abs path of packge config file
-    default_file_name = str(files("qcodes.configuration") / config_file_name)
+    default_file_name = str(files(_PARENT_MODULE) / config_file_name)
     """Filename of default config"""
     current_config_path = default_file_name
     """Path of the last loaded config file"""
     _loaded_config_files = [default_file_name]
 
     # get abs path of schema  file
-    schema_default_file_name = str(files("qcodes.configuration") / schema_file_name)
+    schema_default_file_name = str(files(_PARENT_MODULE) / schema_file_name)
     """Filename of default schema"""
 
     # home dir, os independent
diff --git a/qcodes/monitor/monitor.py b/qcodes/monitor/monitor.py
index 39ba502ca21..468e080df09 100644
--- a/qcodes/monitor/monitor.py
+++ b/qcodes/monitor/monitor.py
@@ -273,7 +273,9 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     # If this file is run, create a simple webserver that serves a simple
     # website that can be used to view monitored parameters.
-    static_dir = files("qcodes.monitor.dist")
+    parent_module = ".".join(__loader__.name.split(".")[:-1])
+
+    static_dir = files(parent_module).joinpath("dist")
     try:
         with as_file(static_dir) as extracted_dir:
             os.chdir(extracted_dir)