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+[submodule "authentic/external/qommon"]
+	path = authentic/external/qommon
+	url = https://repos.entrouvert.org/wcs.git/
+	branch = qommon-for-authentic1
diff --git a/authentic/external/qommon b/authentic/external/qommon
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+Subproject commit 28626d887bf60ff4ca6ffeab30c24f9dce66cc73