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+# Include the system and user configuration, but make sure not to send
+# over any environment variables to the test machines by default. This
+# helps avoid eventual errors related to locale being passed on to the
+# remote machine.
+Include /etc/ssh/ssh_config
+Include ~/.ssh/config
+SendEnv -*