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 # Deployment (FEC team only)
 
+*Special Note:* The requirements.txt field in the fecfile-web-api repo must be updated with the most recent commit hash for the commit changes to be pulled into the api build by CircleCI.
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 ### Create a feature branch
 
 Using git-flow extensions: