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+[submodule "src/main/resources/secret"]
+	path = src/main/resources/secret
+	url = https://github.com/solid-connection/solid-connect-secret
diff --git a/src/main/resources/secret b/src/main/resources/secret
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+Subproject commit 82f7ec98b47aa3da3874d0ac2d94f91784078b13