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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 init(vcs):
 """Initialize the locking module for a repository """

    path = os.path.join(vcs.private_dir(), 'locks')
    if not os.path.exists(path):
        os.mkdir(path)