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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# exit on error
+set -o errexit
+
+echo "Installing the latest version of poetry..."
+pip install --upgrade pip
+pip install poetry==1.4.1
+
+rm poetry.lock
+poetry lock
+python -m poetry install