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+[submodule "wlroots"]
+	path = wlroots
+	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots
diff --git a/wlroots b/wlroots
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+Subproject commit 75d31509db8c28e8379fe9570118ef8c82284581