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-[submodule "extern/glfw"]
-	path = external/glfw
-	url = https://github.com/glfw/glfw.git
-[submodule "extern/spdlog"]
-	path = external/spdlog
-	url = https://github.com/gabime/spdlog.git
diff --git a/external/glfw b/external/glfw
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-Subproject commit 7d5a16ce714f0b5f4efa3262de22e4d948851525
diff --git a/external/spdlog b/external/spdlog
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-Subproject commit eb3220622e73a4889eee355ffa37972b3cac3df5