diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "firmware/components/libgit2/vendor"]
+	path = firmware/components/libgit2/vendor
+	url = https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git
diff --git a/firmware/components/libgit2/vendor b/firmware/components/libgit2/vendor
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+Subproject commit f7164261c9bc0a7e0ebf767c584e5192810a8b24