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+import os
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import List
+
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+def fetch_requirements(path) -> List[str]:
+    """
+    This function reads the requirements file.
+
+    Args:
+        path (str): the path to the requirements file.
+
+    Returns:
+        The lines in the requirements file.
+    """
+    with open(path, "r") as fd:
+        return [r.strip() for r in fd.readlines()]
+
+
+def fetch_readme() -> str:
+    """
+    This function reads the README.md file in the current directory.
+
+    Returns:
+        The lines in the README file.
+    """
+    with open("README.md", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        return f.read()
+# use date as the nightly version
+version = datetime.today().strftime("%Y.%m.%d")
+package_name = "pipegoose-nightly"
+
+setup(
+    name=package_name,
+    version=version,
+    packages=find_packages(
+        exclude=(
+            "tests",
+            "docs",
+            "examples",
+            "tests",
+            "*.egg-info",
+        )
+    ),
+    description="A library for 3d parallelism",
+    long_description=fetch_readme(),
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    license="MIT License",
+    install_requires=fetch_requirements("requirements.txt"),
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA",
+        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+        "Topic :: System :: Distributed Computing",
+    ],
+)
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