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+# please note: you need to install powerline based on official docs first: https://powerline.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html
+
+export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"
+. $HOME/.local/lib/python*/site-packages/powerline/bindings/zsh/powerline.zsh