diff --git a/modin/__init__.py b/modin/__init__.py
index 100fc84a32c..b00681bfc1b 100644
--- a/modin/__init__.py
+++ b/modin/__init__.py
@@ -18,10 +18,21 @@ def _execute_cmd_in_temp_env(cmd):
 
     cwd = os.getcwd()
     os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-    try:
-        git_revision = _execute_cmd_in_temp_env(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"])
-        rev_string = git_revision.strip().decode()
-    except OSError:
+    # Check that this is a git repo first.
+    if (
+        subprocess.call(
+            ["git", "-C", "./", "status"],
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+            stdout=open(os.devnull, "w"),
+        )
+        == 0
+    ):
+        try:
+            git_revision = _execute_cmd_in_temp_env(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"])
+            rev_string = git_revision.strip().decode()
+        except OSError:
+            rev_string = "Unknown"
+    else:
         rev_string = "Unknown"
     os.chdir(cwd)
     return rev_string
@@ -41,7 +52,7 @@ def get_partition_format():
 
 
 __git_revision__ = _git_version()
-__version__ = "0.1.2"
+__version__ = "0.2.0"
 __execution_engine__ = get_execution_engine()
 __partition_format__ = get_partition_format()
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a0372d128bb..3d2a1250e18 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 
 setup(
     name="modin",
-    version="0.1.2",
+    version="0.2.0",
     description="Modin: Pandas on Ray - Make your pandas code run faster with "
                 "a single line of code change.",
     packages=find_packages(),
     url="https://github.com/modin-project/modin",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    install_requires=["pandas==0.23.4", "ray==0.5.3"])
+    install_requires=["pandas==0.23.4", "ray==0.5.3", "strip_hints", "typing"])