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-[submodule "include/libQuotient"]
-	path = include/libQuotient
-	url = https://github.com/quotient-im/libQuotient.git
-[submodule "include/SortFilterProxyModel"]
-	path = include/SortFilterProxyModel
-	url = https://github.com/oKcerG/SortFilterProxyModel.git