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-[submodule "lib/bitser"]
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-	url = https://github.com/gvx/bitser
-[submodule "lib/middleclass"]
-	path = lib/middleclass
-	url = https://github.com/kikito/middleclass.git
-[submodule "lib/inspect"]
-	path = lib/inspect
-	url = https://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua.git
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