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# Idempotence and quasi-idempotence
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Idempotence means that you can apply the same function multiple times without changing the result beyond the initial application.
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However, there are cases in which you don't want strict idempotence. E.g. if you are installing a program or cloning a git repo a second time, you might want to get the latest version,
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even if an older version has already been installed earlier. This behavior is also known as quasi-idempotence.
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