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+[submodule "dependencies/xed"]
+	path = dependencies/xed
+	url = https://github.com/intelxed/xed.git
+[submodule "dependencies/mbuild"]
+	path = dependencies/mbuild
+	url = https://github.com/intelxed/mbuild.git
diff --git a/dependencies/mbuild b/dependencies/mbuild
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+Subproject commit 09b6654be0c52bf1df44e88c88b411a67b624cbd
diff --git a/dependencies/xed b/dependencies/xed
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+Subproject commit 428712c28e831573579b7f749db63d3a58dcdbd9