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+[submodule "proprietary-tools"]
+	path = proprietary-tools
+	url = git@github.com:module-federation/proprietary-tools.git
diff --git a/proprietary-tools b/proprietary-tools
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+Subproject commit 1b4e1ee251bd052f46967fb395ccb0ebcce5e077