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+"""Dulwich module initialization"""
+
+def init_dulwich():
+	""":raise ImportError: if dulwich is not present"""
+	try:
+		import dulwich
+	except ImportError:
+		raise ImportError("Could not find 'dulwich' in the PYTHONPATH - dulwich functionality is not available")
+	#END handle dulwich import
+
+
+
+init_dulwich()