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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -uex
+
+# Git isn't a dependency of this element, but is a dependency of pbr
+# if you are doing pip install on a git cloned directoy, because this
+# looks to be a fairly common pattern it makes sense to have git on the
+# target image
+install-packages git
+