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+[submodule "references/recipe-maintainer"]
+	path = references/recipe-maintainer
+	url = https://git.autonomic.zone/notplants/recipe-maintainer
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+Subproject commit c78903be92a71cdb4618fe45f00c313eaaefd5b2