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+{
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+  "checkout": null,
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+      "package_name": "pycea",
+      "project_description": "Scverse lineage tracing toolkit",
+      "author_full_name": "William Colgan",
+      "author_email": "wcolgan@mit.edu",
+      "github_user": "colganwi",
+      "project_repo": "https://github.com/YosefLab/pycea",
+      "license": "BSD 3-Clause License",
+      "_copy_without_render": [
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+        ".github/workflows/test.yaml",
+        "docs/_templates/autosummary/**.rst"
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+}