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+[submodule "libs/libzmq"]
+	path = libs/libzmq
+	url = https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq.git
+[submodule "libs/cppzmq"]
+	path = libs/cppzmq
+	url = https://github.com/zeromq/cppzmq.git
+[submodule "libs/Catch2"]
+	path = libs/Catch2
+	url = https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git
+[submodule "libs/loguru"]
+	path = libs/loguru
+	url = https://github.com/emilk/loguru.git
+[submodule "libs/protobuf"]
+	path = libs/protobuf
+	url = https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git
diff --git a/libs/Catch2 b/libs/Catch2
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+Subproject commit 7a52dfa77b67b0041f7ad32b4f290b32abe48627
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+Subproject commit 9a655c16f27a3aa9b371eb68db96d0c1335c88fb
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+Subproject commit 5657b4586f24ec433930e8ece02ddba7afcf0fe0
diff --git a/libs/loguru b/libs/loguru
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+Subproject commit 4adaa185883e3c04da25913579c451d3c32cfac1
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+Subproject commit d5067ccbe657d86cce69b93a3bd6d0774b60e430