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-[submodule "frontend"]
-	path = web/frontend
-	url = git@github.com:ClusterCockpit/cc-frontend.git
-    branch = main
-    update = merge
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-Subproject commit 4d698c519a56dd411dde7001beb0b73eb60157b9