diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "vendor"]
+	path = vendor
+	url = https://github.com/DanielOaks/oragono-vendor.git
diff --git a/vendor b/vendor
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+Subproject commit ca40b3acbe9ad9ab3356450730c5d5c71a87b3f5