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-[submodule "lib/micm"]
-	path = lib/micm
-	url = https://github.com/NCAR/micm.git
-[submodule "lib/tuv-x"]
-	path = lib/tuv-x
-	url = https://github.com/NCAR/tuv-x
-[submodule "lib/pybind11"]
-	path = lib/pybind11
-	url = https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
-	branch = stable