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Expand Up @@ -2180,6 +2180,11 @@ features:

.. audit-event:: os.chdir path os.chdir

.. seealso::

The :func:`contextlib.chdir` context manager, which changes the current
working directory on entering and restores the previous one on exit.

.. versionchanged:: 3.3
Added support for specifying *path* as a file descriptor
on some platforms.
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