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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 _normalize_path(self, path):
 """ Normalizes a file path so that it returns a path relative to the root repo directory. """

        norm_path = os.path.normpath(path)
        return os.path.relpath(norm_path, start=self._get_working_dir())