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-#!/bin/bash
-
-# binder post build
-
-# ask ploomber not to track
-mkdir -p $HOME/.ploomber/stats
-echo 'stats_enabled: false' > $HOME/.ploomber/stats/config.yaml
-
-# enable single click to open .py as notebooks
-wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mwouts/jupytext/main/binder/labconfig/default_setting_overrides.json -P  ~/.jupyter/labconfig/
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-# requirements for binder
-jupytext
-ploomber-engine
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