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+[submodule "bot/cogs/cog-template"]
+	path = bot/cogs/cog-template
+	url = https://git.ao-it.net/templatecity/bot-discord-cog
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+Subproject commit 1d93a050ab1c3541c95b69a54494c041948d2eb8