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-    "### Setup"
-   ]
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-   "source": [
-    "It can be helpful to have a dedicated environment for development. Here we are assuming that you have an conda environment file called `env.yml` named after `{{lib_path}}` i.e.:\n",
-    "\n",
-    "```yaml\n",
-    "# env.yml\n",
-    "name: {{lib_path}}\n",
-    "\n",
-    "channels:\n",
-    "  - fastai\n",
-    "\n",
-    "dependencies:\n",
-    "  - fastai::nbdev>=2.3.12\n",
-    "# - python>=3.11  # specify python version if required \n",
-    "# - dependency 1\n",
-    "# - dependency 2\n",
-    "# - pip\n",
-    "# pip:\n",
-    "#   - pip dependency 1\n",
-    "#   - pip dependency 2\n",
-    "```"
-   ]
-  },
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-    "You can then use `conda` or `mamba` (faster at resolving) to create and update your environment file should your needs change as you work on `{{lib_path}}`"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
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-    "```sh\n",
-    "# create a conda environment for working on {{repo}}\n",
-    "$ mamba env create -f env.yml\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# update conda environment\n",
-    "$ mamba env update -n {{lib_path}} --file env.yml\n",
-    "```"
-   ]
-  },
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     "```sh\n",
-    "# activate conda environment\n",
-    "$ conda activate {{lib_path}}\n",
-    "\n",
     "# make sure {{lib_path}} package is installed in development mode\n",
     "$ pip install -e .\n",
     "\n",
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