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+[submodule "vcpkg"]
+	path = vcpkg
+	url = https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git
diff --git a/vcpkg b/vcpkg
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+Subproject commit 40f3c709db80acf154ac4b17a1f83c564ebd022e