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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 require_remote_ref_path(func):
 """A decorator raising a TypeError if we are not a valid remote, based on the path"""


    def wrapper(self, *args):
        if not self.is_remote():
            raise ValueError("ref path does not point to a remote reference: %s" % self.path)
        return func(self, *args)
    # END wrapper
    wrapper.__name__ = func.__name__
    return wrapper