diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "tests/googletest"]
-	path = tests/googletest
-	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
diff --git a/tests/googletest b/tests/googletest
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-Subproject commit 4bbf80823cbf667488b41ab45bf6d1b15580e977