def METHOD_NAME(package: Union[Path, str]) -> str:
    """Get the version of a package or module
    Pass a module path or package name.
    The former is recommended, since it also works for not yet installed packages.
    Supports getting the version from
    #. The directory name (as created by ``setup.py sdist``)
    #. The output of ``git describe``
    #. The package metadata of an installed package
       (This is the only possibility when passing a name)
    Args:
       package: package name or module path (``…/module.py`` or ``…/module/__init__.py``)
    """
    path = Path(package)
    if not path.suffix and len(path.parts) == 1:  # Is probably not a path
        v = get_version_from_metadata(package)
        if v:
            return str(v)
    if path.suffix != ".py":
        msg = f"“package” is neither the name of an installed module nor the path to a .py file."
        if path.suffix:
            msg += f" Unknown file suffix {path.suffix}"
        raise ValueError(msg)
    if path.name == "__init__.py":
        name = path.parent.name
        parent = path.parent.parent
    else:
        name = path.with_suffix("").name
        parent = path.parent
    return str(
        get_version_from_dirname(name, parent)
        or get_version_from_git(parent)
        or get_version_from_metadata(name, parent)
        or "0.0.0"
    )