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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 write_to_path(self, path=None):
 """Write configuration to a file on disk."""

        if path is None:
            path = self.path
        f = GitFile(path, 'wb')
        try:
            self.write_to_file(f)
        finally:
            f.close()