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+[submodule "libmupen64plus/mupen64plus-win32-deps"]
+	path = libmupen64plus/mupen64plus-win32-deps
+	url = https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-win32-deps.git
diff --git a/libmupen64plus/mupen64plus-win32-deps b/libmupen64plus/mupen64plus-win32-deps
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+Subproject commit 36a67e2dae92cb6e95f915bc76af0e0b789a0127