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+[submodule "thirdparty/photoswipe"]
+	path = thirdparty/photoswipe
+	url = https://github.com/ente-io/PhotoSwipe.git
diff --git a/thirdparty/photoswipe b/thirdparty/photoswipe
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+Subproject commit 7585f7efb18a04a84437be83b214ba0f0d944fc5