diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "vcpkg"]
+	path = vcpkg
+	url = https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
diff --git a/vcpkg b/vcpkg
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+Subproject commit 417119555f155f6044dec7a379cd25466e339873