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+[submodule "windows/build/i2pd"]
+	path = windows/build/i2pd
+	url = https://github.com/purplei2p/i2pd.git
diff --git a/windows/build/i2pd b/windows/build/i2pd
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+Subproject commit 8ab552793a0f3cdb677246cb64e6b452631f8235