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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_config_instance(group_or_term, session, **kwargs):
 """ Finds appropriate config instance and returns it. Args: group_or_term (Group or Term):
 session (Sqlalchemy session):
 kwargs (dict):
 kwargs to pass to get_or_create. Returns: tuple of (Config, bool):
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    path = group_or_term._get_path()
    cached = group_or_term._top._cached_configs.get(path)
    if cached:
        config = cached
        created = False
    else:
        # does not exist or not yet cached
        config, created = get_or_create(session, Config, **kwargs)
    return config, created