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+[submodule "lib/websocketpp"]
+	path = lib/websocketpp
+	url = https://github.com/zaphoyd/websocketpp.git
+	branch = develop
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+Subproject commit 8434139b6774586b0f79c45f3cd466bcc81a3d21