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+[submodule "src/api/java/thaumcraft/api"]
+	path = src/api/java/thaumcraft/api
+	url = https://github.com/Azanor/thaumcraft-api.git
diff --git a/src/api/java/thaumcraft/api b/src/api/java/thaumcraft/api
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+Subproject commit 774135f441fd56f295d82069b251ee7e1e084869