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+
+// These users don't have backups made of their workspaces and if they are supposed to be archived they are deleted instead. 
+var CI_TEMP_USERS = [
+    733399, // branches
+]
+
+var ciHelper = {
+    isTempUser: function (userId) {
+        return CI_TEMP_USERS.indexOf(userId) >= 0;
+    }
+    
+}
+
+module.exports = ciHelper;
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