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-[submodule "theme-nofancy"]
-	path = themes/nofancy
-	url = https://github.com/gizak/nofancy.git
-[submodule "theme-cocoa"]
-	path = themes/cocoa
-	url = https://github.com/nishanths/cocoa-hugo-theme.git