Fix Python3 problem when checking for new version

PyGitUp/gitup.py

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 
 # Python libs
+import codecs
 import errno
 import sys
 import os
@@ -400,7 +401,8 @@ def version_info(self):
 
         try:
             # Get version information from the PyPI JSON API
-            details = json.loads(urlopen(PYPI_URL).read().decode('utf-8'))
+            reader = codecs.getreader('utf-8')
+            details = json.load(reader(urlopen(PYPI_URL)))
             online_version = details['info']['version']
         except (HTTPError, URLError, ValueError):
             recent = True  # To not disturb the user with HTTP/parsing errors

tests/test_version.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# System imports
+import socket
+
+# 3rd party libs
+from nose.plugins.skip import SkipTest
+from nose.tools import *
+
+# PyGitup imports
+from tests import capture
+
+test_name = 'version'
+
+
+def test_version():
+    """ Run 'git up': Check version """
+    try:
+        import pkg_resources as pkg
+    except ImportError:
+        raise SkipTest('pip not installed')
+
+    try:
+        socket.gethostbyname('pypi.python.org')
+    except socket.error:
+        raise SkipTest('Can\'t connect to PYPI')
+
+    from PyGitUp.gitup import GitUp
+    with capture() as [stdout, _]:
+        GitUp(sparse=True).version_info()
+    stdout = stdout.getvalue()
+
+    package = pkg.get_distribution('git-up')
+    local_version_str = package.version
+
+    assert_in(local_version_str, stdout)
+
+