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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 _get_reporoot():
 """Returns the absolute path to the repo root directory on the current system. """

    from os import path
    import acorn
    medpath = path.abspath(acorn.__file__)
    return path.dirname(path.dirname(medpath))