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+[submodule "bats_tests/test_helper/bats-assert"]
+	path = bats_tests/test_helper/bats-assert
+	url = https://github.com/ztombol/bats-assert
+[submodule "bats_tests/test_helper/bats-support"]
+	path = bats_tests/test_helper/bats-support
+	url = https://github.com/ztombol/bats-support