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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_git_author():
 """Return the git author from the git variables."""

    _, stdout, _ = run("git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT")

    git_author = stdout[0]
    return git_author[:git_author.find(">") + 1]