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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_config(config_path):
 """Retrieve the config from the specified path, returning a config dict."""

    if not os.path.exists(config_path):
        raise ConfigDoesNotExistException

    logger.debug('config_path is {0}'.format(config_path))
    with io.open(config_path, encoding='utf-8') as file_handle:
        try:
            yaml_dict = poyo.parse_string(file_handle.read())
        except poyo.exceptions.PoyoException as e:
            raise InvalidConfiguration(
                'Unable to parse YAML file {}. Error: {}'
                ''.format(config_path, e)
            )

    config_dict = merge_configs(DEFAULT_CONFIG, yaml_dict)

    raw_replay_dir = config_dict['replay_dir']
    config_dict['replay_dir'] = _expand_path(raw_replay_dir)

    raw_cookies_dir = config_dict['cookiecutters_dir']
    config_dict['cookiecutters_dir'] = _expand_path(raw_cookies_dir)

    return config_dict