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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 generate_base(model, model_dict, config, manifest, source_config, provider, adapter=None):
 """Generate the common aspects of the config dict."""

    if provider is None:
        raise dbt.exceptions.InternalException(
            "Invalid provider given to context: {}".format(provider))

    target_name = config.target_name
    target = config.to_profile_info()
    del target['credentials']
    target.update(config.credentials.serialize(with_aliases=True))
    target['type'] = config.credentials.type
    target.pop('pass', None)
    target['name'] = target_name

    adapter = get_adapter(config)

    context = {'env': target}

    pre_hooks = None
    post_hooks = None

    db_wrapper = DatabaseWrapper(adapter)

    context = dbt.utils.merge(context, {
        "adapter": db_wrapper,
        "api": {
            "Relation": db_wrapper.Relation,
            "Column": adapter.Column,
        },
        "column": adapter.Column,
        "config": provider.Config(model_dict, source_config),
        "database": config.credentials.database,
        "env_var": env_var,
        "exceptions": dbt.exceptions.wrapped_exports(model),
        "execute": provider.execute,
        "flags": dbt.flags,
        # TODO: Do we have to leave this in?
        "graph": manifest.to_flat_graph(),
        "log": log,
        "model": model_dict,
        "modules": {
            "pytz": get_pytz_module_context(),
            "datetime": get_datetime_module_context(),
        },
        "post_hooks": post_hooks,
        "pre_hooks": pre_hooks,
        "ref": provider.ref(db_wrapper, model, config, manifest),
        "return": _return,
        "schema": config.credentials.schema,
        "sql": None,
        "sql_now": adapter.date_function(),
        "source": provider.source(db_wrapper, model, config, manifest),
        "fromjson": fromjson,
        "tojson": tojson,
        "target": target,
        "try_or_compiler_error": try_or_compiler_error(model)
    })

    return context