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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 description(self):
 """Extract description from a release."""

        if self.release.get('body'):
            return markdown(self.release['body'])
        elif self.repository.get('description'):
            return self.repository['description']
        return 'No description provided.'