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+[submodule "thirdparty/cJSON"]
+	path = thirdparty/cJSON
+	url = git@github.com:DaveGamble/cJSON.git
diff --git a/thirdparty/cJSON b/thirdparty/cJSON
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+Subproject commit 3c8935676a97c7c97bf006db8312875b4f292f6c