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+[submodule "extern/aurora"]
+	path = extern/aurora
+	url = git@github.com:encounter/aurora.git
diff --git a/extern/aurora b/extern/aurora
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+Subproject commit 4f780260893afdbfcd7652cfdb4e4bf7e82c4ace