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-[submodule "assets/syntaxes/Packages"]
-	path = assets/syntaxes/Packages
-	url = https://github.com/sublimehq/Packages
-[submodule "assets/syntaxes/Extras/TOML"]
-	path = assets/syntaxes/Extras/TOML
-	url = https://github.com/jasonwilliams/sublime_toml_highlighting
diff --git a/assets/syntaxes/Extras/TOML b/assets/syntaxes/Extras/TOML
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-Subproject commit ed38438900d6b128353cd1aa1364e2e3b8ffb8a2
diff --git a/assets/syntaxes/Packages b/assets/syntaxes/Packages
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-Subproject commit 466e8bfa1166fef08282cffdbd0825e12bc8a09f