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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_readme():
 """Read and return the content of the project README file."""

    base_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
    with open(path.join(base_dir, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as readme_f:
        return readme_f.read()