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+[submodule "deps/atproto"]
+	path = deps/atproto
+	url = https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto.git
diff --git a/deps/atproto b/deps/atproto
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+Subproject commit 34f9ae1f6824bdd7f66c94c57e41cec757e267df