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+stages: [check]
+
+variables:
+  COLUMNS: 9000
+
+check:
+  tags:
+    - merlin
+  stage: check
+  script:
+    - module load Python
+    - export COLUMNS=$COLUMNS
+    - python3 dependency-checker.py