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+[submodule "metadata"]
+	path = metadata
+	url = https://github.com/Diaspora-for-Android/dandelion-metadata-latest.git
diff --git a/metadata b/metadata
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+Subproject commit 9c4057f1ac3682b8869cfaa5eb995cc98adde081