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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 search_for_vcs(self, dependency):
 # type: (VCSDependency) -> List[Package] """ Search for the specifications that match the given VCS dependency. Basically, we clone the repository in a temporary directory and get the information we need by checking out the specified reference. """

        if dependency.vcs != "git":
            raise ValueError("Unsupported VCS dependency {}".format(dependency.vcs))

        tmp_dir = Path(mkdtemp(prefix="pypoetry-git-{}".format(dependency.name)))

        try:
            git = Git()
            git.clone(dependency.source, tmp_dir)
            git.checkout(dependency.reference, tmp_dir)
            revision = git.rev_parse(dependency.reference, tmp_dir).strip()

            if dependency.tag or dependency.rev:
                revision = dependency.reference

            directory_dependency = DirectoryDependency(
                dependency.name,
                tmp_dir,
                category=dependency.category,
                optional=dependency.is_optional(),
            )
            for extra in dependency.extras:
                directory_dependency.extras.append(extra)

            package = self.search_for_directory(directory_dependency)[0]

            package.source_type = "git"
            package.source_url = dependency.source
            package.source_reference = revision
        except Exception:
            raise
        finally:
            safe_rmtree(str(tmp_dir))

        return [package]