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+[submodule "3rdparty/cabal-helper"]
+	path = 3rdparty/cabal-helper
+	url = https://github.com/DanielG/cabal-helper.git
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+Subproject commit 8648be0324c8f9e5f2904907ae5da3f867ea9f5a