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+[submodule "vendor/matrix-rust-sdk"]
+	path = vendor/matrix-rust-sdk
+	url = https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk.git
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+Subproject commit bc240951d6cf9f8289bb69522fcdc9990fdf4d36