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+[submodule "quart_common"]
+	path = quart_common
+	url = git@git.yiprawr.dev:submodules/python-quart-common.git
diff --git a/quart_common b/quart_common
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+Subproject commit 56a0b9f709aec6fa5da241a2924489c4519230b0