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+.DS_Store
+csl/
+csl-locales/
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+[submodule "csl"]
+	path = csl
+	url = git://github.com/citation-style-language/styles-distribution.git
+[submodule "csl-locales"]
+	path = csl-locales
+	url = git://github.com/citation-style-language/locales.git