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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import os
+
+# collect requirements from requirements.txt
+lib_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+requirements_path = lib_dir + "/requirements.txt"
+install_requires = []
+if os.path.isfile(requirements_path):
+    with open(requirements_path) as f:
+        install_requires = f.read().splitlines()
+
+# remove comments
+_install_requires = []
+for req in install_requires:
+    idx = req.find("#")
+    req = req[:idx]
+    if req:
+        _install_requires.append(req)
+install_requires = _install_requires
+
+setup(
+    name='yolov6',
+    version='0.1.0',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    url='https://github.com/meituan/YOLOv6',
+    license='GNU General Public License v3.0',
+    author='meituan',
+    author_email='',
+    description='',
+    install_requires=install_requires
+)
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