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+import os
+import sys
+
+import setuptools
+from setuptools.command.install import install
+
+import deidentify
+
+VERSION = deidentify.__version__
+
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    readme = fh.read()
+
+
+class VerifyVersionCommand(install):
+    """Custom command to verify that the git tag matches the version of the python package"""
+
+    def run(self):
+        tag = os.getenv('RELEASE_VERSION')
+
+        if tag != VERSION:
+            info = "Git tag: {} does not match the version of this package: {}".format(tag, VERSION)
+            sys.exit(info)
+        else:
+            info = "Git tag: {} matches package version: {}".format(tag, VERSION)
+            print(info)
+
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="deidentify",
+    version=VERSION,
+    author="Jan Trienes",
+    author_email="jan.trienes@nedap.com",
+    description="De-identify free-text medical records",
+    long_description=readme,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/nedap/deidentify",
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*']),
+    package_data={
+        '': ['LICENSE'],
+        'deidentify': [
+            'surrogates/generators/resources/*.csv',
+            'surrogates/generators/resources/*.txt'
+        ]
+    },
+    license="MIT License",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    ],
+    python_requires='>=3.7',
+    install_requires=[
+        'requests',
+        'flair>=0.4.3,<0.11',
+        'torch>=1.1.0',
+        'spacy>=2.2.1,<3',
+        'tqdm>=4.29',
+        'deduce>=1.0.2',
+        'loguru>=0.2.5',
+        'sklearn-crfsuite>=0.3.6',
+        'unidecode>=1.0.23',
+        'pandas>=0.23.4',
+        'nameparser>=1.0',
+        'py-dateinfer>=0.4.5'
+    ],
+    cmdclass={
+        'verify': VerifyVersionCommand,
+    }
+)