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+[submodule "third_party/liblouis"]
+	path = third_party/liblouis
+	url = https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis
diff --git a/third_party/liblouis b/third_party/liblouis
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+Subproject commit 364cab426fd86f417a675073914a2f3f0d233194