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-[submodule "tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/libhdbpp-python"]
-	path = tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/libhdbpp-python
-	url = https://gitlab.com/tango-controls/hdbpp/libhdbpp-python.git
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/libhdbpp-python b/tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/libhdbpp-python
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-Subproject commit 7f3168261290109d64057fd526827bf33089774f