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+[submodule "dependencies/xrdesktop"]
+	path = dependencies/xrdesktop
+	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xrdesktop/xrdesktop.git
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+Subproject commit c8df701c71e848dba3aeee269dd7c172784cff79