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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def set_persistent_git_options(self, **kwargs):
 """Specify command line options to the git executable for subsequent subcommand calls :param kwargs: is a dict of keyword arguments. these arguments are passed as in _call_process but will be passed to the git command rather than the subcommand. """


        self._persistent_git_options = self.transform_kwargs(
            split_single_char_options=True, **kwargs)