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+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+let
+  my-python-packages = ps: with ps; [
+    requests
+    gitpython
+    github3_py
+  ];
+  my-python = pkgs.python3.withPackages my-python-packages;
+in my-python.env