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+[submodule "papers/joss_paper/joss_paper_repo"]
+	path = papers/joss_paper/joss_paper_repo
+	url = git@gitlab.com:dhendriks/paper_joss_binarycpython.git
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+Subproject commit 4dff290ef6dac64071cf79d3837f4bafe3153478