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+# Deactivate any active conda environment
+conda deactivate 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# Clear conda environment variables
+unset CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV CONDA_PROMPT_MODIFIER 2>/dev/null || true
+
+# Create a Python virtual environment
+python -m venv venv
+
+# Activate the virtual environment
+source venv/Scripts/activate
+
+# Install required packages from requirements.txt and sphinx-autobuild
+pip install -r requirements.txt sphinx-autobuild
+
+# Initialize Jupyter Book configuration for the book directory
+jupyter-book config sphinx book/
+
+# Disable display of all git authors in Sphinx documentation
+# by changing 'git_show_all_authors' from True to False in conf.py
+sed -i 's/git_show_all_authors = True/git_show_all_authors = False/' book/conf.py
+
+sed -i "s/external_toc_path = '_toc.yml'/external_toc_path = '_toc_with_local_paths.yml'/" book/conf.py
+
+# Build and serve the Sphinx documentation with auto-reload
+# Opens browser automatically and ignores build artifacts and Python files
+sphinx-autobuild book book/_build/html --open-browser --ignore "book/_build/**" --pre-build "teachbooks build book/ --process-only"
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