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+++ b/ViTPose/mmpose/__init__.py
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+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+import mmcv
+
+from .version import __version__, short_version
+
+
+def digit_version(version_str):
+    digit_version = []
+    for x in version_str.split('.'):
+        if x.isdigit():
+            digit_version.append(int(x))
+        elif x.find('rc') != -1:
+            patch_version = x.split('rc')
+            digit_version.append(int(patch_version[0]) - 1)
+            digit_version.append(int(patch_version[1]))
+    return digit_version
+
+
+mmcv_minimum_version = '1.3.8'
+mmcv_maximum_version = '1.5.0'
+mmcv_version = digit_version(mmcv.__version__)
+
+
+assert (mmcv_version >= digit_version(mmcv_minimum_version)
+        and mmcv_version <= digit_version(mmcv_maximum_version)), \
+    f'MMCV=={mmcv.__version__} is used but incompatible. ' \
+    f'Please install mmcv>={mmcv_minimum_version}, <={mmcv_maximum_version}.'
+
+__all__ = ['__version__', 'short_version']