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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_previous_version(self):
 """Query GitHub releases to find the previous production release"""

        gh = self.get_github_api()
        repo = gh.repository(self.repo_owner, self.repo_name)
        most_recent = None
        for release in repo.releases():
            # Return the second release that matches the release prefix
            if release.tag_name.startswith(self.project__git__prefix_release):
                if most_recent is None:
                    most_recent = release
                else:
                    return LooseVersion(self.get_version_for_tag(release.tag_name))