diff --git a/fury/__init__.py b/fury/__init__.py
index cec8fcd1c..64153fa99 100644
--- a/fury/__init__.py
+++ b/fury/__init__.py
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 """Init file for visualization package."""
 import warnings
 
-try:
-    from ._version import version as __version__
-    from ._version import version_tuple
-
-    __revision_id__ = version_tuple[-1][1:9]
-except ImportError:
-    __version__ = 'unknown version'
-    version_tuple = (0, 0, 0, 'unknown version', 'unknown version')
-    __revision_id__ = 'unknown revision'
+from fury.pkg_info import __version__, pkg_commit_hash
 
 
 def get_info(verbose=False):
@@ -37,10 +29,12 @@ def get_info(verbose=False):
     mpl, have_mpl, _ = optional_package('matplotlib')
     dipy, have_dipy, _ = optional_package('dipy')
 
+    install_type, commit_hash = pkg_commit_hash(dirname(__file__))
+
     info = dict(
         fury_version=__version__,
         pkg_path=dirname(__file__),
-        commit_hash=__revision_id__,
+        commit_hash=commit_hash,
         sys_version=sys.version,
         sys_executable=sys.executable,
         sys_platform=sys.platform,
diff --git a/fury/pkg_info.py b/fury/pkg_info.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab39f4b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fury/pkg_info.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from subprocess import run
+
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+try:
+    from ._version import __version__
+except ImportError:
+    __version__ = '0+unknown'
+
+COMMIT_HASH = '$Format:%h$'
+
+
+def pkg_commit_hash(pkg_path: str | None = None) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """Get short form of commit hash
+
+    In this file is a variable called COMMIT_HASH. This contains a substitution
+    pattern that may have been filled by the execution of ``git archive``.
+
+    We get the commit hash from (in order of preference):
+
+    * A substituted value in ``archive_subst_hash``
+    * A truncated commit hash value that is part of the local portion of the
+      version
+    * git's output, if we are in a git repository
+
+    If all these fail, we return a not-found placeholder tuple
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    pkg_path : str
+       directory containing package
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    hash_from : str
+       Where we got the hash from - description
+    hash_str : str
+       short form of hash
+    """
+    if not COMMIT_HASH.startswith('$Format'):  # it has been substituted
+        return 'archive substitution', COMMIT_HASH
+    ver = Version(__version__)
+    if ver.local is not None and ver.local.startswith('g'):
+        return 'installation', ver.local[1:8]
+    # maybe we are in a repository
+    proc = run(
+        ('git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'),
+        capture_output=True,
+        cwd=pkg_path,
+    )
+    if proc.stdout:
+        return 'repository', proc.stdout.decode().strip()
+    return '(none found)', '<not found>'