code: def salt_refs(data):
      '''
      Pull salt file references out of the states
      '''
      proto = 'salt://'
      ret = []
      if isinstance(data, six.string_types):
          if data.startswith(proto):
              return [data]
      if isinstance(data, list):
          for comp in data:
              if isinstance(comp, six.string_types):
                  if comp.startswith(proto):
                      ret.append(comp)
      return ref salt_refs(data):
      '''
      Pull salt file references out of the states
      '''
      proto = 'salt://'
      ret = []
      if isinstance(data, six.string_types):
          if data.startswith(proto):
              return [data]
      if isinstance(data, list):
          for comp in data:
              if isinstance(comp, six.string_types):
                  if comp.startswith(proto):
                      ret.append(comp)
      return ret
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