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+[submodule "etherpad-lite"]
+	path = etherpad-lite
+	url = https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite.git
diff --git a/etherpad-lite b/etherpad-lite
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+Subproject commit 6beb5dcaf534281b87d87933e2e231d627df108d