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+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup(
+    name='reform',
+    version='1.1.0',
+    py_modules=['reform'],
+    install_requires=[
+        'biopython>=1.78',
+        'pgzip',
+    ],
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'reform = reform:main',
+        ],
+    },
+    author="gencorefacility",
+    description='A tool for editing genome sequences and annotation files',
+    license='BSD-3-Clause',
+)